Character Quote by John Stuart Mill

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.

— Joseph Addison

We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of…

— Alain de Botton

A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit object of…

— Simon Blackburn

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of…

— Albert Einstein

In every ascetic morality man worships a part of himself as God and for that he needs to diabolize the other part.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I believe in a benevolent God not because He created the Grand Canyon or Michelangelo, but because He gave us snacks.

— Paul Rudnick

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“It is not God that is worshipped but the authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority not violation…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

It is not God that is worshipped but the group or authority that claims to speak in His name. Sin becomes disobedience to authority…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don't know how people can function without a belief in a…

— Mel Gibson

“One cannot conceive man actually ascribing ethical qualities to his gods before he becomes sufficiently developed to formulate moral rules for his own guidance,…

— Chapman Cohen