“ ‘God’s plan’ is often a front for men’s plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.” …
Publications
Oscar Wilde
“Science is the record of dead religions.” …
Eugene O’Neill
“When I’m dying, don’t let a priest or Protestant minister or Salvation Army captain near me. Let me die in dignity. Keep it as simple and brief as possible. No …
Lilian Leland
“The studied atrocities that the Catholics and Protestants have inflicted on each other in the past ages, in the name of a ‘Merciful God’ exceed everything the world has ever …
Michael Lewis
CESAR [a Romanian priest]: But they are used to having visitors, so it shouldn’t be a problem. But what is your religion?LEWIS: I don’t have one.CESAR: But you believe in God?LEWIS: …
Roxane Gay
“I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love. Even though …
Friedrich Nietzsche
“After coming into contact with a religious man, I always feel I must wash my hands.” “There is not sufficient love and goodness in the world to permit us to …
John Kenneth Galbraith
“I have managed most of my life to exclude religious speculation from my mode of thought. I’ve found that, on the whole, it adds very little to economics.” …
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
“As a historian, I confess to a certain amusement when I hear the Judeo-Christian tradition praised as the source of our concern for human rights. In fact, the great religious …
