Atheism Quote by James A. Michener Download Open image “Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.” — James A. Michener ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Atheism Bases Hatred Ought Religion Religious Religious hatred Taxes
That is a terrible situation, isn't it? Where they can say we don't like the way you're speaking about Christianity, about God. We don't… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
If it's a crime to incite religious hatred, does that make it a crime to incite fraud and deception hatred? — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
If we have laws against religious hatred and religious prejudice, we should also have laws against atheist hatred and nonbeliever prejudice. — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
IRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning... more specifically, the power of… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am dead against trying to keep religious conservatives out of the political debate. The tactic of exclusion is self-defeating. — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a religious person to be affected by religion or a religious movement. — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
“[Very rich people] with brains make a great effort to hold on to every penny they have while preaching to the general population that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
As a writer I have persisted in my uncertainty, alternating between novels which could charitably be considered literature and world reporting which by another… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control,… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“This is not a promise, this is not threat, it's just the way it's gonna be!!!” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“We went into the night and for the first time in my life I saw the stars hanging low over the desert, for the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
The rules seem to be these: If you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you have written… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“A Roman came to Rabbi Gimzo the Water Carrier, and asked, "What is this study of the law that you Jews engage in?" and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“The chance emergence of the was nothing. Remember this. But its persistence and patient accumulation of stature were everything. Only by relentless effort did… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
You cannot ... transmute some incoherent mixture of words into sense merely by introducing the three-letter word "God" to be its grammatical subject. — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image