“The tragedy is that every brain cell devoted to belief in the supernatural is a brain cell one cannot use to make life richer or easier or happier.” …
Publications
Stephen Foster
Shameful rivalries of creedShall not make the martyr bleed,In the good time coming.Religion shall be shorn of pride,And flourish all the stronger;And Charity shall trim her lamp;Wait a little longer. …
Leoš Janáček
“Today they are lifting the bells into the tower. It would be nice if they weren’t calling people to bamboozling.” …
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Preach about the other man, Preacher! The man we all can see! The man of oaths, the man of strife, The man who drinks and beats his wife, Who helps …
Dave Barry
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 …
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.” …
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 …
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 …
