Quotes about atheist
atheist atheism not-interested
The atheist is not interested in anything except attacks on atheism. Gilbert K. Chesterton
atheist bigots
There is no bigot like the atheist.
atheist atheism negative
Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.
atheist religion atheism
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
atheist vices triumph
Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind. John Dryden
atheist character escaping
The great events of history are often due to secular changes in the growth of population and other fundamental economic causes, which, escaping by their gradual character the notice of contemporary observers, are attributed to the follies of statesmen or the fanaticism of atheists . John Maynard Keynes
atheist wall men
The finger of the atheists' own divinity, Reason, wrote on the wall the appalling judgments that there is no God; that the universe is only matter in spontaneous motion; and, most grievous word of all, that what men call their souls die with the death of the body, as music dies when the strings are broken. John Lothrop Motley
atheist promise atheism
Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all. John Locke
atheist reform british
I'm an atheist .I was raised in British reform Judaism, which is not like American reform Judaism, much less any other strain of organised religion. So: no cults here. Charles Stross
atheist people waiting
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. Samuel Butler
atheist fighting names
Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
atheist kings men
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were. Jean de la Bruyere
atheist selfish stupid
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid. Christopher Hitchens
atheist science ideas
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan
atheist ear including love music people seem
When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love. A. N. Wilson
atheist lying thinking
We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion. Adam Pascal
atheist struggle clouds
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations, mental illness clouds our judgment. Adam Hamilton
atheist reality understanding-god
Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind. God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept. Abraham Joshua Heschel
atheist philosophy office
All that Lenin learned about business from the tales of his comrades who occasionally sat in business offices was that it required a lot of scribbling, recording, and ciphering. Thus, he declares that accounting and control are the chief things necessary for the organizing and correct functioning of society. . . . Here we have the philosophy of the filing clerk in its full glory. Ludwig von Mises
atheist prayer book
When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the brains of man, they will no longer be oppressed by the injunctions that come to them with the divine authority of *Thus sayeth the Lord.* Elizabeth Cady Stanton
atheist became beyond chemistry graduate life physics quantum seemed
I became an atheist because, as a graduate student studying quantum physics, life seemed to be reducible to second-order differential equations. Mathematics, chemistry and physics had it all. And I didn't see any need to go beyond that. Francis Collins
atheist dies happens
What am I supposed to say to an atheist when he sneezes, ah, when you die nothing happens. Dane Cook
atheist believe came faith frustrated god parents science since students studies viewed
Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it frustrated me to see students and parents who viewed faith and science as enemies.
atheist worst-moments cynical
The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
atheist believe agnostic
I'm a polyatheist - there are many gods I don't believe in. Dan Fouts
atheist heart desire
Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery. Cormac McCarthy
atheist appreciate historical
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate. Cliff Stearns
atheist heaven religion
Pope Francis said that atheists are still eligible to go to heaven. To return the favor, atheists said Popes are still eligible to go into a void of nothingness. Conan O'Brien
atheist wind religion
I am an atheist (or at best a Unitarian who winds up in church quite a lot). Kurt Vonnegut
atheist atheism foxholes
The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front.
atheist thinking people
People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.