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.” …

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Nate Phelps

“I would argue that Westboro Baptist Church is just giving voice to the same destructive ideology at the foundation of even the most moderate iteration of that faith. How do …

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Bjork

“I was sure that I was an atheist, but as I matured I realized nature is my religion.” …

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Voltaire

“Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people. There are no sects in geometry. The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost …

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Edwin Hubble

“The whole thing is so much bigger than I am, and I can’t understand it. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms …

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Jodie Foster

“I absolutely believe what Ellie [the atheist astronomer in the movie ‘Contact’] believes — that there is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God …

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