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
Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last it was complete. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Every religion has its own gods. The One God has only one religion.” — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“I'm always talking to God about whether or not he exists - that's how I know I'm a theist.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.” — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics. — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
Theism is so confused and the sentences in which "God" appears so incoherent and so incapable of verifiability or falsifiability that to… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
“Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me… — Allan Sandage Copy Share Image
Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
I am not the opposite of theism. I am right in the middle of those non-believers and believers. It's not even about… — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
“The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them… — Arthur Peacocke Copy Share Image
Contemporary movies just drive me crazy. The violence and the sentimentality and the spiritual materialism and Theism and the incredible indulgence in… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“...the naive forms of Christian moral motivation - bare threats of hell and the bribery of heaven - stunt moral growth by… — Richard C. Carrier Copy Share Image
“The evangelical with his "minority complex" often forgets that he is part of a massive historical movement much larger than his own… — Arthur F. Holmes Copy Share Image
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public;… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“The problem with ID, of course, is that it leaves open the possibility that the intelligence behind nature may have a moral… — David Klinghoffer Copy Share Image
Our English language really says if you're not a theist, the only alternative is to be an atheist. What I'm trying to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist's is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public;… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“If theism be true man is mocked by a mirage. And the knowledge is made the more depressing by the belief that… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
“Why, these men would destroy the Bible on evidence that would not convict a habitual criminal of a misdemeanor. They found a… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“And I say to mankind, be not curious about god, For I who am curious about each am not curious about God,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“It is debatable whether blind faith is truly faith at all. Faith is the perceptive gray area where scientific facts meet an… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Think outside the box? Indeed. But to add balance to that, one should not in the process forget what the inside of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The Oracle pursued a logical course of confuting theism, and leaving 'a-theism' the negative result. It did not, in the absurd terms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Atheism is a conclusion reached by the most reasonable methods and one which is not asserted dogmatically but is explained in its… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Atheism ... in its philosophic aspect refuses allegiance not merely to a definite concept of God, but it refuses all servitude to… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“If heaven really exists: then, technically, living is an activity that believers keep themselves busy with — while they wait for their death.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“In a society where women are truly equal to men, a kid bred by a theist mother and an atheist father is… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Naturalism is a counterpart to theism. Theism says there's the physical world and God. Naturalism says there's only the natural world. There… — Sean M. Carroll Copy Share Image
[Mindfulness] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
There are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Secular Humanism is opposed to other religions; it actively rejects, excludes, and attempts to eliminate traditional theism from meaningful participation in the… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
“It should be added that, in general, it is the character of every metaphysical and theological argument to seek to explain one… — Michael Bakunin Copy Share Image
It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
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