“How strange it is beholding this, and, very confident, proclaim that such magnificence occurred by accident.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
Preachers dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“But this was the real world wasn't it? Miracles must happen in some parallel universe.” — Clyde Dsouza Copy Share Image
“In America, on the ordinate plane of faith versus reason, the x-axis of faith intersects with the y-axis of reason at the… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The visage of Lucifer mushroomed into hideousness above the cloudbank, rising slowly like some titan climbing to its feet after ages of… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
Since science and religion provide two different perspectives on the human situation, they must ultimately be able to be reconciled. — Jeremy Griffith Copy Share Image
“The boys learn the Quran by heart, rocking back and forth as they recite. They learn that there is no such thing… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our… — Rosalind Franklin Copy Share Image
Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself.” — S. Kelley Harrell Copy Share Image
“The soul is a mystery. Scientists and Theologians constantly butt heads on the soul’s definitive and can’t come to grips with its… — H.D. Rennerfeldt Copy Share Image
“The intangible, as you can guess, creates some decidedly strange and perceived dichotomies for scientific interpretations. Ask a scientist what the definition… — H.D. Rennerfeldt Copy Share Image
For science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The will to believe has given us our great saints. The will to doubt has given us our great scientists. The goal… — Glenn Frank Copy Share Image
“BioLogos claims there is no conflict between the theory of evolution and creationism. Huh? Here is where the creationists seem to have… — G.M. Jackson Copy Share Image
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Despite knowledge of Science, people yet believe in a human-like god, a 'physical' heaven; where nutcases of one's religion will reside. And… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
“The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“Thus identified with astronomy, in proclaiming truths supposed to be hostile to Scripture, Geology has been denounced as the enemy of religion.… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
“Cats catch mice, small birds and the like, very well. Teleology tells us that they do so because they were expressly constructed… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“The gray-haired growser, who proved to be a lawyer, had made it clear how much he loathed the people who were, in… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“Ann Druyan suggests an experiment: Look back again at the pale blue dot of the preceding chapter. Take a good long look… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“There exists indeed an opposition to it [ building of UVA, Jefferson's secular college ] by the friends of William and Mary,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“After an injunction had been judicially intimated to me by this Holy Office, to the effect that I must altogether abandon the… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“According to Teleology, each organism is like a rifle bullet fired straight at a mark; according to Darwin , organisms are like… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“I think that when you consider the beauty of the world and you wonder how it came to be what it is,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Tactile receptors weren't needed to experience pain. Tone of voice transported those spores just as easily.” — Clyde Dsouza Copy Share Image
“In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy don’t differ from science.” — Virchand Raghavji Gandhi Copy Share Image
“When the science speaks, religion must keep quiet! When the master speaks, hold your tongue, don’t make a noise!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Perhaps religion provides the justification for wars, but science provides the weapons.” — James Rozoff Copy Share Image