Accounting Quote by David Hume

Religion, after all, is nothing but an hypothesis framed to account for what is evidentially unaccounted for.

— H. L. Mencken

Science provides tangible evidence of its accuracy and importance. Religion makes excuses for its absence of the same.

— PZ Myers

It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for many of…

— James D. Watson

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.

— Michael Shermer

“Every day, without exception, the scientific community discovers, uncovers or realizes something new that serves to debunk one of the long-held beliefs of fundamental…

— Al Stefanelli

This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so…

— William Robertson Smith

“By all means let us agree that we are pattern-seeking mammals and that, owing to our restless intelligence and inquisitiveness, we will still prefer…

— Christopher Hitchens

Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.

— Richard Dawkins

There are many people who do view scientific research as alienating from religion and from God, and when so many people do, there must…

— George Coyne

The hypothesis of God offers no worthwhile explanation for anything, for it simply postulates what we are trying to explain.

— Richard Dawkins

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is…

— Richard Dawkins

Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.

— B. B. King