“The deeper our insight into the methods of nature … the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us.” …
Publications
Marlon Brando
“When I was young, I embraced the Judeo-Christian concept of good and evil, and its corollary, that all of us were responsible for our deeds because of the choices we …
A.C. Grayling
“In the study of history I became aware of the effects of religious divisions and sectarianism on individuals and societies, and came to think that freedom from religious influence is …
Rachel Bloom
“[When] the Constitution established a separation of church and state. That’s so important, because if you look at almost any religion, especially the major three, there is an oppression of …
Jesse Plemons
“There are plenty of people like that, [with] very good intentions [who] can do some really awful things. Like when you look at religion.” …
Lloyd Morain
“Back through the centuries whenever people have enjoyed keenly the sights and sounds and other sensations of the world about them, and enjoyed these for what they were — not …
Émile Zola
“Given Émile Zola’s reputation as an agnostic and a radical thinker, he has often been avoided by scholars with a religious background.” …
Léon Gambetta
“Clericalism, that’s the enemy!” …
Milan Kundera
“I was never a believer, but after seeing Czech Catholics persecuted during the Stalinist terror, I felt the deepest solidarity with them. What separated us, the belief in God, was …