Atheism Quote by Michael Shermer

“I shall define the God Hypothesis more defensibly: there exists a superhuman, supernatural intelligence who deliberately designed and created the universe and everything in…

— Richard Dawkins

The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in nature is based upon the…

— Chapman Cohen

God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate.

— Steve Fowler

The God idea is growing more impersonal and nebulous in proportion as the human mind is learning to understand natural phenomena and in the…

— Emma Goldman

By understanding evolution as the expression of universal intelligence, now becoming conscious of itself within us, and as us, we overcome the dichotomy between…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

We don't only invent God; we also discover God. Looking at the creation, we strive to deduce the nature of the creator. We take…

— Forrest Church

“The God concept, of course, originated from mankind’s innate knowledge that consciousness precedes physical construction.”

— Jane Roberts

I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope…

— Richard Dawkins

Intelligent design cannot explain Darwinian evolution. Darwin's whole point is that variation and change are random and without higher purpose. We cannot imagine that…

— James K. Galbraith

As many critics of religion have pointed out, the notion of a creator poses an immediate problem of an infinite regress. If God created…

— Sam Harris

It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind

— Isaac Asimov

Those of us who have transcended mythical belief systems know without any doubt that there is no God up in the sky. But when…

— Andrew Cohen