If some incarnation of evil as unambiguous as Hitler appeared again, I would have no moral qualms about killing the enemy. But… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
There exists an obvious fact that seems utterly moral: namely, that a man is always prey to his truths. Once he has… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The modern public school derived from a philosophy of freedom reflected in the First Amendment ... The non-sectarian or secular public school… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it… — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr 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
Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed resemblance to man. The pig is taught by sermons and epistles / To… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I really don't put it down. I never have. It's just that I analyze it and look at it from a very… — Marjoe Gortner Copy Share Image
In England Giordano Bruno had given lectures on the plurality of worlds, and in that country had written, in Italian, his most… — John William Draper Copy Share Image
“The supernatural Christ of the New Testament, the god of orthodox Christianity, is dead. But priestcraft lives and conjures up the ghost… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The two big mistakes were the belief in a sky god - that there's a man in the sky with 10 things… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Obviously, if theism is a belief in a God and atheism is a lack of a belief in a God, no third… — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
Zagreus was the son of Zeus. He was slain by the Titans, buried at the foot of Mount Parnassus, and rose from… — John Remsburg Copy Share Image
Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I do not think science has to make any apologies. It looks at the world and tells it like it is. And… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
I am one of the lingering bad ones, and so do I slink away, and pause, and ponder, and ponder, and pause,… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And priests dare babble of a God of peace, Even whilst their hands are red with guiltless blood, Murdering the while, uprooting… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
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Agnostics are people who, like myself, confess themselves to be hopelessly ignorant concerning a variety of matters, about which metaphysicians and theologians,… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I despise those shallow religious comics. Dennis the Menace, for instance, is the most shallow. When they show him praying - I… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
Heresy is a word which, when it is used without passion, signifies a private opinion. So the different sects of the old… — Thomas Hobbes 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
Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert… — Kenneth D. Wald Copy Share Image
Had this author [Sir W Drummond Academical Questions, chap. iii.], instead of inveighing against the guilt and absurdity of atheism, demonstrated its… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When I remember thee in days to come, O Jerusalem, it will not be with pleasure. The musty deposits of 2,000 years… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
I am no Platonist, I am nothing at all; but I would sooner be a Paulician, Manichean, Spinozist, Gentile, Pyrrhonian, Zoroastrian, than… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Belief, thus, in the supernatural, great as are the services which it rendered in the early stages of human development, cannot be… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is one of the greatest American liberties, and I hope this pardon serves as a reminder of the precious… — George Pataki Copy Share Image
Mine was a trained Presbyterian conscience and knew but the one duty - to hunt and harry its slave upon all pretexts… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It has been asserted, that a moral Atheist would be a monster beyond the power of nature to create: I reply, that… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my… — Socrates Copy Share Image
If when I am libelled I take no notice, the world believes the libel. If I sue, I have to pay about… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
It is a significant fact that, of all the Christian countries, in those where the church stands highest, and has most power,… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
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