“The greatest contribution of atheism is the provision of a firm basis for ethical conduct. Atheism explains that morality is a social obligation but not a passport to heaven and …
Publications
William Pitt
“[A]theism furnishes no man with arguments to be vicious; but superstition, or what the world means by religion, is the greatest possible encouragement to vice, by setting up something as religion …
Aaron Copland
“However, in adult life, although retaining strong memories of the music he heard in the synagogue and at Jewish weddings, Copland evidenced little direct connection with Judaism or Jewish culture. …
Jawaharlal Nehru
“Essentially, I am interested in this world, in this life, not in some other world or a future life. Whether there is such a thing as a soul, or whether there is …
J.M. Robertson
“Petronius was surely right in saying ‘fear made the gods.’ In primitive times fear of the unknown was normal; gratitude to an unknown was impossible.” …
Roy Torcaso
“I do not believe in any form of the supernatural or divinity.” …
Robert Louis Stevenson
“I am religious in my own way, but I am hardly brave enough to interpose a theory of my own between life and death. Here both our creeds and our …
Jaime Gil de Biedma
“But time has passed and I see the unpleasant truth Growing old, dying is the play’s only plot.” “Pero ha pasado el tiempo y la verdad desagradable asoma: envejecer, morir, …
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“I have endeavoured to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at least that peace …
