“Between being praised and persecuted, condoned and condemned, I might understandably have become bewildered, particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed by the staunch defenders of Christianity. But of …
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Francis Ellingwood Abbot
“That great and growing evils render it a paramount patriotic duty on the part of American citizens, who comprehend the priceless value of pure Secular government, to take active measures …
Robert Ellis
And the flames of hell, they seemed so high When I could barely see over the pew I was just a boy when they told me that lie But lord, …
J.B.S. Haldane
“My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment, I assume that no god, angel or devil is going to interfere with …
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
THE WORLD’S NEEDSo many gods, so many creeds—So many paths that wind and wind,While just the art of being kindIs all this sad world needs. …
Eugene V. Debs
“I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution, and I vowed that I would …
Harriet Law
“At the height of her fame as a Secularist, Harriet Law referred to her religious past as evidence of the fact that even the most devoted of Christians could be …
Will Durant
“Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a …
Kathy Griffin
“I can criticize your religion all I want, and you can criticize mine. I don’t like this whole climate of, ‘You can’t ever say anything bad about the group I’m …