Quotes about atheism
atheism malice preaching
The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching. John Adams
atheism attendance devotion
Are not the daily devotions conducted by these legal ecclesiastics already degenerating into a scanty attendance, and a tiresome formality? James Madison
atheism mouths needs
Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open. Emma Goldman
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 argument
Follow the argument wherever it leads. Socrates
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 esther rebellious
I wanted each woman to be a rebellious Vashti, not an Esther. Margaret Sanger
atheism might taught
Dr. Manton taught my youth to yawn, and prepared me to be a High-Churchman, that I might never hear him read nor read him more. Henry Bolingbroke
atheism usual no-hope
Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words. Mary Todd Lincoln
atheism may
It is conceivable that religion may be morally useful without being intellectually sustainable. John Stuart Mill
atheism world belief
The beliefs which we have most warrant for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded.
atheism development enabling
Belief, thus, in the supernatural, great as are the services which it rendered in the early stages of human development, cannot be considered to be any longer required, either for enabling us to know what is right and wrong in social morality, or for supplying us with motives to do right and to abstain from wrong.
atheism littles preference
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage. James Randi
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 doe morality
Morality does not depend on religion. John Ruskin
atheism hobbies stamps
Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby. Penn Jillette
atheism needs absence
Atheism is the absence of religion. We don’t really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.
atheism going-away needs
Religion cannot and should not be replaced by atheism. Religion needs to go away and not be replaced by anything. Atheism is not a religion. It's the absence of religion, and that's a wonderful thing.
atheism superstitions belief
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. Marlene Dietrich
atheism
Life feeds on life... feeds on life feeds on life... this is neccesary... this is necessary life feeds on life... feeds on life Maynard James Keenan
atheism slavery burden
It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an intolerable burden on the part of the many. John Dewey
atheism morality function
The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed. Garrett Hardin
atheism church matter
I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me. John F. Kennedy
atheism morality ethics
Morality is only moral when it is voluntary. Lincoln Steffens
atheism causes agnosticism
And the cause of everything is that which we call God. Leo Tolstoy
atheism coffins
Science itself is steadily nailing the lid on atheism's coffin. Lee Strobel
atheism finance can-do
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. Joseph Wood Krutch
atheism facts can-do
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.
atheism information wells
Well, when I get new information, I rethink my position. What, sir, do you do with new information? John Maynard Keynes
atheism credit reason
Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer. John Locke
atheism belief absence
... the absence of theistic belief. Joseph McCabe
atheism taste language
Had the Bible been in clear straightforward language, had the ambiguities and contradictions been edited out, and had the language been constantly modernised to accord with contemporary taste it would almost certainly have been, or become, a work of lesser influence. John Kenneth Galbraith
atheism causes illusion
Faith is essentially intolerant ... essentially because necessarily bound up with faith is the illusion that one's cause is also God's cause. Ludwig Feuerbach