When reputable scientists correct flaws in an experiment that produced fantastic results, then fail to get those results when they repeat the… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The true fanatic is a theocrat, someone who sees himself as acting on behalf of some super-personal force: the Race, the Party,… — Lloyd Billingsley Copy Share Image
Whenever the clergy were at the elbow of the civil arm, no matter whether they were Catholic or Protestant, persecution was the… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism.... Skepticism they view with contempt,… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the… — Herbert J. Muller Copy Share Image
Actually, I don't like Atheists very much - at least most of them ~ because they are not motivated to move into… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may talk… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
I ... believe the study of human history remains important and should not be banned. We should ensure that any archaeological studies… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
Three key humanist virtues are courage, cognition, and caring - not dependence, ignorance, or insensitivity to the needs of others. — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
"You don't believe in God," I said to Stein. "God is a word banging around in the human nervous system. He exists… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
Eratosthenes's only tools were sticks, eyes, feet, and brains; plus a zest for experiment. With those tools he correctly deduced the circumference… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In broad outline and in detail, the life of Jesus as portrayed in the gospels corresponds to the worldwide Mythic Hero Archetype… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
My mission is to see things as they are. Exactly contrary of a mission. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Proclaim a theology of divine righteousness which demands justice, respect, tolerance, compassion, inclusiveness, trust in the ultimate efficacy of divine zeal, and… — James A. Forbes Copy Share Image
Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Because of the confusion surrounding the term "agnosticism," it would seem better to use the very similar term "rationalism" in its place… — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
You can never find a Christian who has acquired this valuable knowledge, this saving knowledge, by any process but the everlasting and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Judging from the tendency and effect of his arguments, an atheist does not appear positively to refuse that a God may be...… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a problem. First of all, I don't think music turns people into social liabilities. Because you hear a… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Nothing could add to the horror of hell, except the presence of its creator, God. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
