Absence Quote by Penn Jillette

Atheism is the absence of religion. We don’t really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.

— Penn Jillette

“Atheism has become not so much a matter of abandoning religion as the vigorous imposition of an entirely new religion. ”

— Bō Jinn

Atheism is not a religion. One of the things, in fact, that atheism lacks are the kinds of rituals that religion does provide and…

— Susan Jacoby

Atheism is the lack of belief in a god (or gods). It makes no claim. It merely rejects the claim that a god (or…

— Ricky Gervais

Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is…

— Anonymous

Atheism is a requirement for a complete human being. Religion is a crutch that is shackled to you, one you never really needed in…

— Brent Yaciw

Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces or shrines.…

— Dan Barker

Belief and non-belief has waxed and waned for centuries. This time atheism is here to stay.

— Kevin Smith

Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity and save…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

The philosophy of Atheism has its root in the earth, in this life; its aim is the emancipation of the human race from all…

— Emma Goldman

Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become…

— Andre Comte-Sponville

The perpetual enemy of faith in the true God is not atheism (the claim that there is no God), but rather Gnosticism (the claim…

— Martin Buber