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Atheism Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.
- Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found them combated in…
- Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the…
- Revealed religion has no weight with me.
- Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them.
- When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to…
- Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that…
- The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a…
- Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one…
- It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and…
- The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
- Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
- The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
More Atheism Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
- Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
- I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is… — Francis Bacon
- Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales,… — Francis Bacon
- You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
- People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of… — Douglas Adams
- Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
- Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey