Atheism Quotes

1894 Atheism quotes by 757 unique authors

I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the text seems to… — Charles Darwin
Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in… — Thomas Paine
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I waver between a cop-out agnostic and principled atheism — Dan Savage
Out of 100 men, one will read the Bible, the other 99 will read the Christian. — Dwight L. Moody
We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes—one indifferent to our suffering,… — Stephen Jay Gould
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by… — Thomas Paine
People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a… — Kurt Vonnegut
So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak… — Richard Dawkins
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads… — Heinrich Heine
Imagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by God or that specific software was coded… — Sam Harris
Who knew that the devil had a factory where he made millions of fossils, which his minions distributed throughout the earth, in order to confuse… — Lewis Black
Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary… — Christopher Hitchens
So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is… — Jim Butcher
Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it… — Christopher Hitchens
Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation. — Christopher Hitchens
The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we… — Christopher Hitchens
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed… — Mark Twain
Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law. — Thomas Jefferson
Why would an all-powerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to suggest, irresistibly, that… — Richard Dawkins
But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and… — Mikhail Bakunin
If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him. — Mikhail Bakunin
Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. — Christopher Hitchens
Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible. — Bart D. Ehrman
Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. — Hunter S. Thompson

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