“I am an atheist also. But I think to begin with, I am an agnostic.” …
Publications
Scott Joplin
“There is no harm in musical sounds. It matters not whether it is fast ragtime or a slow melody like ‘The Rosary.’ ” …
Benedict Spinoza
“True virtue is life under the direction of reason.” …
Billy Connolly
“I don’t like religion. I think religion is a con.” …
Marie Bashkirtseff
“The Church has lowered God, disfigured religion, or, rather, has created, instead of the worship we owe to God, a complicated religion, full of charlatanism, which must be destroyed.” …
Margaret K. Knight
“Ethical teaching is weakened if it is tied up with dogmas that will not bear examination.” …
Jennifer Michael Hecht
“Almost all the great poets have conversations in their poetry about doubting God, and even go all the way to dismissing. It’s such a strong tradition that it’s almost amazing …
Rodney Dangerfield
“We’re apes — do apes go anyplace [when they die]?” …
George Eliot
“I have not returned to dogmatic Christianity — to the acceptance of any set of doctrines as a creed, and a superhuman revelation of the Unseen.” …
