Christianity Quote by George H. Smith

I am continually amazed by the credence given to religious claims in the intellectual community; and, as a human being, i am appaulled by…

— George H. Smith

When the atheist is told that God is unknowable, he may interpret this claim in one of two ways. He may suppose, first, that…

— George H. Smith

“It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how comfortable or…

— George H. Smith

The negative way [of describing God] is a cardboard prop of Christianity to conceal its unknowable God. When this prop collapses, theistic agnosticism emerges,…

— George H. Smith

The theist must present an intelligible description of god. Until he does so, god makes no more sense than unie; both are cognitively empty,…

— George H. Smith

It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before or since,…

— George H. Smith

As for Christianity's alleged concern with truth, Christian faith is to free inquiry what the Mafia is to free enterprise. Christianity may be represented…

— George H. Smith

If acorns start growing into theologians, or if women begin turning into pillars of salt, then we may wish to hypothesize about a supernatural…

— George H. Smith

“Religion has had the disastrous effect of placing vitally important concepts, such as morality, happiness and love, in a supernatural realm inaccessible to man’s…

— George H. Smith

I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence, all propositions…

— George H. Smith

Atheism is the absence of a belief in a god, nothing more. If the theist wishes to draw monumental implications from this lack of…

— George H. Smith

The leap of faith is a strategic impasse that confronts every Christian in search of converts; and, as he sees the matter, there is…

— George H. Smith