--- title: "4 John W. Loftus Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "American atheist author... | John Wayne Loftus is an American atheist author. He has written five books, and edited seven others." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-w-loftus-69559_dogma_humans-are-capable-of-having-transcenden_34156.jpg" --- # John W. Loftus (1954) Writer **4** quotes in **13** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John W. Loftus is a writer. ## Quick Facts About John W. Loftus Born September 11, 1954 Profession Writer ## About John W. Loftus American atheist author... \| John Wayne Loftus is an American atheist author. He has written five books, and edited seven others. ## Quotes by John W. Loftus > [“Humans are capable of having transcendent, transformative experiences in the absence of any given dogma. We are capable of sustaining elaborate systems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-loftus/humans-are-capable-of-having-transcendent-transformative-experiences/) John W. Loftus [Dogma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/john-w-loftus-69559_dogma_humans-are-capable-of-having-transcenden_34156.jpg) > [“Let's Look at Subjective Religious Experiences This Way: What if ten thousand people went up to a mountain top, saw something, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-loftus/let-s-look-at-subjective-religious-experiences-this-way-what-if-ten/) John W. Loftus [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/john-w-loftus-69559_anecdotal-evidence_let-s-look-at-subjective-religious-exper_1254553.jpg) > [“it is unmistakable; it does not need other proofs to back it up; it is self-evident and attests to its own truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-loftus/it-is-unmistakable-it-does-not-need-other-proofs-to-back-it-up-it-is/) John W. Loftus [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/john-w-loftus-69559_evident_it-is-unmistakable-it-does-not-need-othe_2354573.jpg) > [“Since we humans are meaning-makers to the core, such a powerful experience demands an explanation. In an evangelical conversion context like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-loftus/since-we-humans-are-meaning-makers-to-the-core-such-a-powerful/) John W. Loftus [Missionary work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/missionary-work/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/john-w-loftus-69559_missionary-work_since-we-humans-are-meaning-makers-to-th_3175574.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-loftus/#itemlist", "name": "John W. 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