“I’m not a converted Catholic. I’m still a nonbeliever, even though my idea of reason is the idea of a reason which is open to mystery.” …
Publications
Ralph Miliband
“The political climate in our house was generally and loosely left: it was unthinkable that a Jew, our sort of Jew, the artisan Jewish worker, self-employed, poor, Yiddish-speaking, unassimilated, non-religious, …
John E. Remsburg
“The name of Christ has caused more persecutions, wars, and miseries than any other name has caused. The darkest wrongs are still inspired by it.” …
Nick Clegg
BBC: Do you believe in God? CLEGG: No. … I am not an active believer. …
Nigella Lawson
“I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so. But at no time was I led to believe that morality was unimportant or that good and bad did …
Carl Sandburg
“To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then to go to Hell after all would be too damned hard.” …
Diane Keaton
“I’m an agnostic but I understand the longing and the need for more, for something better, fuller. For love. I can’t abide people condemning others for things that seem idiotic …
Iris DeMent
“I started reflecting on my beliefs and seeing which ones held up next to my own experience. And when I was able to look at a belief and realize it …
Felix Manz (Died)
On this date in 1527, Swiss heretic Felix Manz, born c. 1498, was drowned under sentence of the Zurich city council. As an Anabaptist, Manz was killed for opposing infant baptism …