Atheism Quotes

1894 Atheism quotes by 757 unique authors

Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way. — John Shelby Spong
The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must abandon, therefore, its… — John Shelby Spong
If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is doomed. For that… — John Shelby Spong
Today, almost half a century after the publication of the Encyclical [of Pius IX], new knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of… — Pope John Paul II
The problem with intelligent-design theory, is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is… — George Will
In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we… — Salman Rushdie
When you once attribute effects to the will of a personal God, you have let in a lot of little gods and evils - then… — Elbert Hubbard
I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an Atheist. We have separation… — John F. Kerry
People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of… — Ron Reagan
We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.… — Ronald Reagan
We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance… — Margaret Mead
[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals. — David Hume
Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty. — David Hume
Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men's… — David Hume
I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society. — Nelson Rockefeller
The term that best describes me now is 'secular humanist.' — Charles M. Schulz
By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God. — Gloria Steinem
I don't think any religion makes any sense and I think people who are into that are really getting duped, and I don't think Judaism… — Howard Stern
We have gone a long way toward civilization and religious tolerance, and we have a good example in this country. Here the many Protestant denominations,… — Harry S. Truman
Religion is insanity by consensus. — Bill Maher
The plain fact is: religion must die for mankind to live. — Bill Maher
Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about; and those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are… — Bill Maher
This is why rational people - anti-religionists - must end their timidity and come out of their closet and assert themselves. — Bill Maher
If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a… — Bill Maher
Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war...… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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