Empathising with the younger children on whom the same confidence trick was being imposed, I embarked on a crusade around the neighbourhood, telling all the kids that there was no Santa Claus. This reached the ears of the father of… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
The one function that most gods seem to have in common is to give human existence some ultimate purpose - and, while it is not possible to disprove an ultimate purpose, there does not seem to be any evidence for it. This is not to say, of course, that there is no purpose in life at all: we all make… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share
Why am I an atheist? The short answer is that I cannot accept any of the alternatives. I simply don't find them believable. — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
To say grace, knowing that people on this globe are starving, indicates a highly selfish acquiescence in the arrogantly supposed favoritism of the almighty.… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
To imagine that "God moves in mysterious ways" is to put up a smokescreen of mystery behind which fantasy may survive in spite of… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
To imagine that God wants prayers and hymns of praise is to make him out to a sort of oriental potentate; while praying for… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
Empathising with the younger children on whom the same confidence trick was being imposed, I embarked on a crusade around the neighbourhood, telling all… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don't claim to know anything with certainty --… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
