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atheist silly men
Those who say that the study of science makes a man an atheist, must be rather silly people. Max Born
atheist kings father
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One God, one King, one Pope, one master in the factory, one father-leader in the family at home. Gore Vidal
atheist science religion
Emotionally I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time. Isaac Asimov
atheist heaven dying
Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism. Isaac Asimov
atheist long atheism
I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. Isaac Asimov
atheist religion atheism
I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism. Isaac Asimov
atheist science years
I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say that one is an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow it was better to say one was a humanist or agnostic. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect that he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time. Isaac Asimov
atheist believe thinking
I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse. Isaac Asimov
atheist philosophy journey
Make philosophy thy journey, theology thy journey's end: philosophy is a pleasant way, but dangerous to him that either tires or retires; in this journey it is safe neither to loiter nor to rest, till thou hast attained thy journey's end; he that sits down a philosopher rises up an atheist. Francis Quarles
religion-and-politics supposed-to-be
Religion and politics are supposed to be separate. Eleanor Clift
religion technique sole
Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values. Allen Tate
religion vertebrates
God: a gaseous vertebrate. Aldous Huxley
religion dogma christ
So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma. Christy Turlington
religion doctrine stories
There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores. Robert A. Heinlein
religion priests function
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly. Robert A. Heinlein
religion splits may
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology. Robert A. Heinlein
religion balance wheels
Partisanship should be kept out of the pulpit.... The blindest of partisans are preachers. All politicians expect and find more candor, fairness, and truth in politicians than in partisan preachers. They are not replied to--no chance to reply to them.... The balance wheel of free institutions is free discussion. The pulpit allows no free discussion. Rutherford B. Hayes
religion
Properly speaking, all true work is religion. Thomas Carlyle
atheism hobbies belief
Atheism is a belief system”, is like saying “not going skiing, is a hobby. Ricky Gervais
atheism world creeps
I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep out of the world. Thomas Hobbes
atheism
Do not make gods in your own images. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
atheism humans
To god what is God's, to Caesar what is Caesar's. To humans - what? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
atheism guilt stones
Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
atheism absurd wells
'Tis well averred, A scientific faith's absurd. Robert Browning
atheism argument
Follow the argument wherever it leads. Socrates
atheism needs absence
Atheism is the absence of religion. We don’t really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion. Penn Jillette
atheism firsts produce
Deism, historically, produces atheism. First you make God a landlord, then an absent landlord, then he becomes simply absent. N. T. Wright