Atheism Quote by Richard Dawkins

It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins…

— Richard Dawkins

“More to the point, what was the lesson that the first Christians drew from crucifixion? Today such a barbarity might galvanize people into opposing…

— Steven Pinker

If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them, without having himself tortured and executed in payment-thereby, incidentally, condemning remote future…

— Richard Dawkins

Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would…

— Walter M. Miller, Jr

“Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale. If you really believe that failing to accept Jesus…

— Steven Pinker

“The more we believe that God hurts only to heal, the less we can believe that there is any use in begging for tenderness.…

— C.S. Lewis

It is not possible that a just God should forgive people who are wicked because another person who was good endured agony by being…

— Rebecca West

“In allowing the crucifixion to take place, God did the world an incalculable favor. Though infinitely powerful, compassionate, and wise, he could think of…

— Steven Pinker

“The only way to avoid eternal punishment for sins we never committed from this all-loving God is to accept his son—who is actually himself—as…

— Peter Boghossian

He died for you , he took the pain, the shame , and all that was named , he died to say that he…

— Natalya Johnson