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January 17, 1980

Benjamin Franklin

"The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason."

Published in Freethought of the Day
January 17, 1980

Desmond M. Clarke

"If one insisted that publicly funded schools should always reflect the beliefs of the majority, then the results would be obvious in a state where a voting majority is Marxist, Muslim, Mennonite or Calvinist. If that is unacceptable to Catholics, it cannot be avoided by inviting a state to decide which theology is ‘true,' since states are incompetent to decide that question."

Published in Freethought of the Day
January 17, 1980

Javed Akhtar

“I am an atheist, I have no religious beliefs. And obviously I don’t believe in spirituality of some kind.”

Published in Freethought of the Day
January 17, 1980

Sean Danielsen

“I’m definitely against all organized religion just because, when you really look at it, organized religion has caused most of the deaths in the history of this planet. Most of the wars were fought over organized religion.”

Published in Freethought of the Day
January 17, 1980

Sebastian Junger

"The reason I think I am an atheist is because I haven't encountered a tangible reason to believe in God."

Published in Freethought of the Day