Quotes about atheism
atheism misery approach
It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.
atheism tasks affliction
The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions; by accepting the universal neurosis he is spared the task of forming a personal neurosis. Sigmund Freud
atheism serious jew
I never outgrew my conversion to atheism at 13, but at various times was a serious cultural Jew. Steven Pinker
atheism invocation enjoy
I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation! Steven Weinberg
atheism absurd wells
'Tis well averred, A scientific faith's absurd. Robert Browning
atheism may moral
Their moral influence will then do infinitely more to advance the true interests of religion, than any measures which they may call on Congress to enact. Richard Mentor Johnson
atheism church harmony
The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony. Josiah Warren
atheism matter epiphany
If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. Joss Whedon
atheism warts shows
That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen. Ralph Waldo Emerson
atheism three christ
Alright, let's admit it, we Jews killed Christ - but it was only for three days. Lenny Bruce
atheism superstitions certain
Certain things are complete superstition and have no validity at all in the Bible. Yeah. They're just the antithesis of everything that is correct intellectually.
atheism needs world
What can be accomplished by a few principles is not effected by many. But it seems that everything we see in the world can be accounted for by other principles, supposing God did not exist. For all natural things can be reduced to one principle, which is nature, and all voluntary things can be reduced to one principle, which is human reason, or will. Therefore there is no need to suppose God's existence. Thomas Aquinas
atheism wildfires
Atheism is spreading like wildfire. Ray Comfort
atheism consuming cycles
Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume; the hellish cycle is complete. Raoul Vaneigem
atheism doctrine too-much
I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too slender, and is too much divided into other sects to maintain any one preacher well. I must therefore be contented to be an Unitarian by myself, although I know there are many around me who would become so, if once they could hear the questions fairly stated. Thomas Jefferson
atheism argument purity
Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.
atheism citizens tests
It is an insult to our citizens to question whether they are rational beings or not, and blasphemy against religion to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason.
atheism able physics
As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise expect. Richard P. Feynman
atheism sun tomorrow
No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. Robert M. Pirsig
atheism matter responsible
Who made God? Doesn't matter. We are not responsible to a hypothetical maker of God but to our maker - God. Walter Martin
atheism positive-atheism
What can I hope when all is right? Voltaire
atheism screens repressed
Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion. Wilhelm Stekel
atheism today firsts
Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. Walter F. Mondale
atheism islam different
The exact objectives of Islam Inc. are obscure. Needless to say everyone involved has a different angle, and they all intend to cross each other up somewhere along the line. William S. Burroughs
atheism looks satan
Piss off Satan and don't take me for dumber than I look.
atheism
I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense. W. Somerset Maugham
atheism ineffable mystic
The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.