"Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind……" — Isaac Newton

"Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors."

— Isaac Newton

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137 Quotes by Isaac Newton

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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I…
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend…
As I am writing, another illustration of ye generation of hills proposed above comes into my mind. Milk is as…
Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to…
As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to…
Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows…
Do not great Bodies conserve their heat the longest, their parts heating one another, and may not great dense and…
And from true lordship it follows that the true God is living, intelligent, and powerful; from the other perfections, that…
He rules all things, not as the world soul but as the lord of all. And because of his dominion…
It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of…

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — 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… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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