Atheist Quote by Rodney Stark

Evolution is fundamentally hostile to religion.

— Richard Dawkins

“Evolution provides a scientific foundation for the core values shared by most Christians and conservatives, and by accepting–and embracing–the theory of evolution, Christians and…

— Michael Shermer

The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed because it…

— Elizabeth S. Anderson

The opposition to teaching evolution is, of course, almost always given a religious reason. That may usually be its real basis, but I think…

— George Gaylord Simpson

In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to "bend" their observations…

— Henry Lipson

Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian systems of belief…

— Henry M. Morris

“For those scientists who take it seriously, Darwinian evolution has functioned more as a philosophical belief system than as a testable scientific hypothesis. This…

— James A. Shapiro

Creationists have long held that evolutionary theory is atheistic; defenders of the theory do the theory no favor when they agree.

— Elliott Sober

Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion - a full-fledged alternative…

— Michael Ruse

“A second point that caught my attention was that the very persons who insist upon keeping religion and science separate are eager to use…

— Phillip E. Johnson

Although God believers don't need evolution to be false, atheists need evolution to be true.

— Ann Coulter

Evolution is the key to avoiding the whole issue of God. When you challenge evolution, you're basically challenging someone on a spiritual level.

— Frank Peretti