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 …
Publications
Richard Dawkins
“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 …
A.E. Housman
THE LAWS OF GOD, THE LAWS OF MAN The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can. Not I. Let God and man decree …
Edward Sorel
Sorel’s “The Last Flossing” (1992) …
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 …
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 …
Béla Bartók
“To violinist Stefi Geyer, he once wrote about his religious belief, calling the trinity a ‘clumsy fable’ that ‘enslaves thought.’ … The existence of the universe did not require the …
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 …
