Belief in god Quote by Edwyn Bevan

“Christianity made people unpatriotic, made them intolerant and dogmatic, willing to criticize other people’s gods and alternative lifestyles.”

— Rod Bennett

Theism tells men that they are the slaves of a God. Atheism assures men that they are the investigators and users of nature.

— E. Haldeman-Julius

“I was glad that our venerable, almost formless religions, drained of all intransigence and purged of savage rites, linked us mysteriously to the most…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“Every church became a theatre, where orators, instead of church teachers, harangued, caring not to instruct the people, but striving to attract admiration, to…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Religion does not strengthen the believer. Without a healthy skepticism and honed skills in critical thought and analysis, believers wander through a jungle of…

— Al Stefanelli

“If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned or…

— Baron D. Holbach

“[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutch in mankind's journey towards truth. We consider…

— P.W. Atkins

The religions of mankind must be classed among the mass-delusions of this kind. No one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes…

— Sigmund Freud

“Religion is the nurture of backbiting tales vomited by authoritarians, eaten by subalterns.”

— Jahanshah Safari

“Our primeval ancestors were by no means atheistic: they raised temples and altars and offered the requisite terrified obsequies and sacrifices. Their religion was…

— Christopher Hitchens

“there is great danger that modern culture, progressing in its anti-supernaturalistic course, will be stirred against the steadfastness of believers and attempt to accomplish…

— Herman Bavinck

“Of such divine neglect was atheism made; belief could not be rekindled now, however profound his terror. Thoughts”

— Clive Barker