THE FEDERALIST: You mention that you’re not a believer in God. Are you a Christopher Hitchens-God-is-the-cause-of-all-the-troubles-in-the-world atheist or an agnostic? Do you see any value in religion? BARRY: I don’t …
Publications
Tom Stoppard
“I’ve always thought that the idea of God is absolutely preposterous, but slightly more plausible than the alternative proposition that, given enough time, some green slime could write Shakespeare’s sonnets.” …
Barbara G. Walker
“[T]he very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history’s most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions, including five centuries of almost unimaginable terrorism under …
Civil Rights Act Enacted
“An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public …
George Sand
“[I reject Christianity’s anthropomorphic God,] made in our image, silly and malicious, vain and puerile, irritable or tender, after our fashion.” …
Harriet Hall
“Religion can impact health in good ways, but often it has a bad impact on the health of the believer and also on the health of others. I fully support …
Larry David
“Religion should be made fun of. It’s quite ridiculous, isn’t it? This is how people spend their lives. They have no idea, then they go around as if this is …
Baum, L. Frank (Quote)
“The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.” (Baum is best-known for his book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” published in 1900.) …
Edward Clodd
“[T]he mysteries, on belief in which theology would hang the destinies of mankind, are cunningly devised fables whose origin and growth are traceable to the age of Ignorance, the mother …
