“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 …
Publications
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 …
John Irving
“I must remind the Roman Catholic Church of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free …
Matt Taibbi
MEHTA: What role should religion play in the political arena?TAIBBI: Well, I’m an atheist/agnostic, so I would say none. People should stick to solving the problems they have the tools …
Gerald H.F. Gardner
He “was an activist atheist, a proselytizing atheist. He thought that not saying you were an atheist hurt the cause of reality.” …
Daniel Craig
DIE ZEIT: Are you a believer?CRAIG: I’m an atheist. …
Pamela Paul
“Unhappy with what much of the country believes, the court’s right wing chooses to believe what it would like and foists the results on the rest of us. Just like …
Queen Caroline
“The queen’s chief study was divinity; and she had rather weakened her faith than enlightened it. She was at least not orthodox; and her confidante lady Sundon, an absurd and …
Harry Belafonte
“To me, faith as practiced all around me was blindly tied to religion, and religion was preachers in Harlem and Jamaica passing the hat for Jesus and driving off in …