Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
... religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Quite apart from the Church's financial self-interest in getting me out of the way, Baltimore is an overwhelmingly Catholic city and like… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I do know the Bible very well from a Protestant point of view - which is what, along with my reason, entitles… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I'm atheist because religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches. I can get around perfectly well on my own… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
An Atheists loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist thinks that heaven is something for which we… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I can't pinpoint a period in history or a place in the universe where religion has actually helped the welfare of man. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“This religion gives you goals which are outside of reality. It enriches your fantasy life with ugliness. It fills you with ideas… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Once involved in the school-prayer fight, I rapidly became aware of, and appalled by, the political and economic power of the Church… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Even if I believed there was a real Jesus, I wouldn't fall for that line of hogwash. The "Virgin" Mary should get… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
If this taxation exemptions for Church were rescinded, our property taxes would be substantially lowered, and those who rent houses and apartments… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“On the issue of censorship of pornography and rock music, do you see that as a religious issue, too? Yes, I do.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
About six years ago, Life magazine ran an article on the historicity of Jesus and I was floored to find that they… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Those so-called records in the Bible were written by devout ecclesiasts who wanted to believe, and wanted others to believe, in the… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I'd make an educated guess that 20 to 25 percent of the taxable property in the U.S. is Church-owned.In a recent book,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
In his book The Quest of the Historical Jesus, the most definitive study that's ever been done on the subject, Albert Schweitzer… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by their words,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try it, they… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most of my… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear everything, touch… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the Latin references… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Oh, one of the things that I am most proud of is that people can say, "I am an atheist," in the United States… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
