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Atheism Quotes by Sam Harris
- Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
- Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we…
- Theology is ignorance with wings.
- In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We…
- Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
- 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…
- What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and…
- The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word…
- It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that, they are getting…
- What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.
- The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.
- We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.
- When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is…
- If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are…
- Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.
- We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And…
- The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, is a willingness…
- [I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our…
- While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds…
- Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.
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