Quotes about atheism
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
atheism sun there-is-no-god
It is as clear as the sun and as evident as the day that there is no God and that there can be none.
atheism methodists mania
I am surrounded here by parsons and methodists, but as you will see, not infested with the mania. Lord Byron
atheism may truth-is
The concepts of truth may differ. But all admit and respect truth. That truth I call God. For sometime I was saying, "God is Truth," but that did not satisfy me. So now I say, "Truth is God." Mahatma Gandhi
atheism goats towels
I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.
atheism may watches
Watches may disagree, but let us not.
atheism reform expect-nothing
It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.
atheism stories creation
The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.
atheism vengeance lord
How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!' Julian Huxley
atheism enlightenment agendas
Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment. Paul Kurtz
atheism needs foundation
Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations.
atheism may path
It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion. Paul Davies
atheism heritage christianity
Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. Madalyn Murray O'Hair
atheism masterpiece extraordinary
The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody. Gilbert K. Chesterton
atheism world doe
The World to Bacon does not only owe it's present knowledge, but its future too. John Dryden
atheism littles
Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him. Louis Pasteur
atheism positive-atheism infidel
I am an infidel. I know what an infidel is, and that's what I am. Luther Burbank
atheism use retorts
What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.
atheism savior positive-atheism
Science is the only savior.
atheism should
I am nothing and should be everything. Karl Marx
atheism misery utopia
Misery motivates, not utopia.
atheism communism
Communism begins where atheism begins...
atheism theological
Atheism is too theological.
atheism division pope
The Pope? How many divisions has he got? Joseph Stalin
atheism agents venture
I'm not an historian but I'll venture an opinion: Modern cosmology really began with Darwin and Wallace. Unlike anyone before them, they provided explanations of our existence that completely rejected supernatural agents... Darwin and Wallace set a standard not only for the life sciences but for cosmology as well. Leonard Susskind
atheism boots matter
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. Mikhail Bakunin
atheism absence reverse
You say, The sensed absence of God and the sensed presence amount to much the same thing, only in reverse. Margaret Atwood
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 vices opinion
It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures. Marquis de Sade