“I want to [believe]. I see the peace and purpose it gives most of you who believe, and I tried. I just can’t.” …
Publications
Rosa Luxemburg
“The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and the oppression of the people. ” …
Matt Lucas
“I am a Jew and an atheist. After my father died, I started to lose faith.” …
Penn Jillette
“I have so much love in my life. So many people who love me and I love back makes the idea I need more from a God insane. I look …
Indianapolis Freethinkers (Minutes)
“The corresponding secretary was put in charge: to communicate with the Freethinkers Society in Milwaukee, in order to initiate a closer connection of the existing freethinkers societies.” …
William Godwin
“The religions of the heathen world consisted principally in the practice of certain observances and ceremonies, and made them appeal to the senses. They do not obviously lead to debates …
Ira Glass
“And for whatever reasons now, I have a bunch of friends, my wife and I have a bunch of friends, who are very devout religious people. And we hang out …
Brian Cox
“So for me, the idea I would be able to have an entertaining and enjoyable afternoon discussing with people with whom I suppose I have to say I disagree at …
Sir Edward Herbert
“There is a universal church made up of all people who assent to these basic beliefs, and [Herbert] rejects the Bible as revelation. ‘Revelation,’ he said, ‘is every divine and …
