Happiness Quote by Emma Goldman

“Why do you persist in this belief that punishment must be meted out from either God or Satan when the most relentless, merciless punisher…

— John F.D. Taff

“any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principle which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being was evil. —”

— Dan Simmons

Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based…

— Emma Goldman

Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the guile of…

— John Climacus

“Theism, however, teaches that not only is there a moral universe but there is an absolute standard by which all moral judgments are measured.…

— James W. Sire

“It is not the mere fear of punishment that restrains [man] from sin. Loving and revering God as his father, honouring and obeying Him…

— John Calvin

“When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes a quest, in that movement God endows us with power.”

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Your directions, your judgment, your disposition to rebel must be subjected and reduced to ashes. How? In the fire of obedience, for it is…

— Michael Molinos

“God condemns those who oppress and take advantage of others.”

— Jim George

As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may…

— Jon Krakauer

“Let us learn, then, to despise the threats and cruel plans of our enemies and conclude for certain that God in the heavens has…

— Martin Luther

The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in…

— Carol P. Christ