Quotes about atheism
atheism may
Nothing is so much to be feared as fear. Atheism may comparatively be popular with God himself. Henry David Thoreau
atheism sumerians advantage
Naturally, since [the Sumerians] didn't know what caused the flood anymore than we do, they blamed the gods. (That's the advantage of religion. You're never short an explanation for anything.) Isaac Asimov
atheism outsiders fantasy
Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.
atheism reason existence
Reason can never prove the existence of God. Immanuel Kant
atheism weakness spirit
None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness of will. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
atheism vedas doctrine
There is no doctrine of Christianity but what has been anticipated by the Vedas. Horace Greeley
atheism belief
A belief is not true simply because it is useful. Henri Frederic Amiel
atheism seems
Seems as unfounded ... to say there isn't a God as to say there is. James Agee
atheism church taxation
The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute. James A. Garfield
atheism lasts doe
I'm now a bit anti-Jewish since my last visit to the synagogue, but my atheism does not necessarily reject religion. Jack Steinberger
atheism conclusion greatest-atheist
Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong. Christopher Hitchens
atheism literature path
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. George Jean Nathan
atheism speak
God speaks through me. George W. Bush
atheism information positive-atheism
Information doesn't kill you. Frank Zappa
atheism might causes
You've got to be digging it while it's happening 'cause it just might be a one shot deal.
atheism abnormal wells
Well Mike, I'm abnormal.
atheism flesh teeth
The savages are upon me and I feel my flesh burn beneath the teeth of their indifference. Jewel
atheism poison spirit
The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches. Jeremy Bentham
atheism superstitions next
I would not exchange my freedom from old superstition, if I were to be burned at the stake next month, for all the peace and quiet of orthodoxy, if I must take the orthodoxy with peace and quiet. Harriet Martineau
atheism contentment today
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Horace
atheism best-god can-do
If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed. George Carlin
atheism textbooks want
There's a bait and switch going on here because the critics want the textbooks to question whether evolution occurred. And of course they don't because scientists don't question whether evolution occurred. Eugenie Scott
atheism tears crocodiles
It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. Francis Bacon
atheism praise lord
So, of course, Gish's presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down. Michael Shermer
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
atheism life-is given
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all. Lucretius
atheism world
There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)
atheism creation made
One thing is made of another, and nature allows no new creation except at the price of death.
atheism pay debt
Death pays all debts. Michel de Montaigne
atheism virtue
Nowhere in the Gospels is intelligence praised as a virtue. Marilyn Manson
atheism doe morality
Morality does not depend on religion. John Ruskin
atheism classroom objects
I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science. Neil deGrasse Tyson
atheism esther rebellious
I wanted each woman to be a rebellious Vashti, not an Esther. Margaret Sanger