The trouble is that neutrality is confused with hostility. We're not disrupting churches, or interrupting people's prayers. We're not fighting religion. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It's not easy to change world views. Faith has its own momentum and belief is comfortable. To restructure reality is traumatic and… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Most Christians are afraid that people will think for themselves; most atheists are afraid that they won’t. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
People are invariably surprised to hear me say I am both an atheist and an agnostic, as if this somehow weakens my… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
All you have to do is walk into any children's hospital and you know there is no God. Prayer doesn't make any… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
In any open question, we should argue from what we do know to what we do not know. We do know that… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our founding document, tell them to stop using… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one has ever… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap your fingers… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Freethought is respectable. Freethought is crucial. Freethought needs to be publicized. — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on what can… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might give for… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
