“You’d never believe, when I was young, we genuinely believed religious wars were over. We’d say, at least it’s impossible to have a religious war now. Can you believe that? …
Publications
Mary Ann Masterton
I PRAISE ROUND STONES I praise no god. I only praise the sun and wind and Moon-lit babies kissing gentle in my arms Remembering other arms And other kissing nights. …
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Not one man in ten thousand has goodness of heart or strength of mind to be an atheist.” …
Martin Gardner
“[B]ad science contributes to the steady dumbing down of our nation. Crude beliefs get transmitted to political leaders and the result is considerable damage to society. We see this happening …
Ursula K. Le Guin
“Let the tailors of the garments of God sit in their tailor shops and stitch away, but let them stay there in their temples, out of government, out of the …
Tariq Ali
“How often in our house had I heard talk of superstitious idiots, often relatives, who hated a Satan they never knew and worshipped a God they didn’t have the brains …
Tom Petty
“A lot of people really struggle to find out what they want to do in life, but I knew as soon as I saw Elvis Presley, when I was 11. …
John Dewey
“[H]ave not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could the course of religion in its entire sweep …
John Lithgow
“I think of death as death. I don’t think there’s life after death or a soul after death.” …
