“My respect for the Abrahamic religions went up in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th. The last vestige of respect for the taboo disappeared as I watched the …
Publications
A.E. Housman
“I abandoned Christianity at thirteen but went on believing in God till I was twenty-one, and towards the end of that time I did a good deal of praying for …
Robert Frost
I turned to speak to God,About the world’s despair;But to make bad matters worse,I found God wasn’t there.God turned to speak to me(Don’t anybody laugh)God found I wasn’t there—At least …
Keira Knightley
Knightley: If only I wasn’t an atheist, I could get away with anything. You’d just ask for forgiveness and then you’d be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to …
Gloria Steinem
“It’s an incredible con job, when you think of it, to believe something now in exchange for life after death. Even corporations, with all their reward systems, don’t try to …
Matilda Joslyn Gage
“During the ages, no rebellion has been of like importance with that of Woman against the tyranny of the Church and State; none has had its far reaching effects. We …
Robbie Fulks
God Isn’t Real A world filled with wonder, a cold, fathomless sky A man’s life so meager, he can but wonder why He cries out to Heaven its truth to …
Courtlandt Palmer
“He investigated for himself the questions, the problems, and the mysteries of life. Majorities were nothing to him. No error could be old enough, popular, plausible, or profitable enough, to …
Elton John
“From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. The reality is that organized religion doesn’t seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it’s not really …