On this date in 1769, “blasphemer” Peter Annet died. Born in 1693, he became a schoolmaster in Liverpool. In 1739 he wrote and published a pamphlet, “Judging for Ourselves, or …
Publications
Gilles Deleuze
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” …
Niall Shanks
“Of God, the Devil and Darwin, we have really good scientific evidence for the existence of only Darwin.” …
James F. Crow
“My main personal reason for nonbelief is: Why would an all-powerful and especially benevolent creator permit so much sin and suffering?” …
Sean Danielsen
“I’m definitely against all organized religion just because, when you really look at it, organized religion has caused most of the deaths in the history of this planet. Most of …
Desmond M. Clarke
“If one insisted that publicly funded schools should always reflect the beliefs of the majority, then the results would be obvious in a state where a voting majority is Marxist, …
Benjamin Franklin
“The way to see by Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.” …
Javed Akhtar
“I am an atheist, I have no religious beliefs. And obviously I don’t believe in spirituality of some kind.” …
Sebastian Junger
“The reason I think I am an atheist is because I haven’t encountered a tangible reason to believe in God.” …
