“As for hell, mocking this imaginary threat rather strikes at the heart of religious belief in a way that I suspect most believers only intuitively grasp. It’s a crucial support …
Publications
Lorraine Hansberry
“I get tired of God getting credit for all the things the human race achieves.” …
Kate Cohen
“If parents want to erase the line between religious doctrine and verifiable fact, no U.S. government, state or federal, has the right to stop them. But no government concerned with …
Nora Ephron
“My mother was not one to go in for superstition or miracles — godlessness was for her a form of religion, a belief in self-sufficiency above all else.” …
Bertrand Russell
“I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver …
Juan Mendez
“I am an atheist because I’ve found no faith in any deity from Thor to Zeus. I am so grateful for the work the people in this room have done …
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Quote)
“The word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain.” …
Jennifer Ouellette
“I don’t need to tell anyone here that morality is not the exclusive domain of belief in a god. Anyone can live a good, fulfilling life, even without religion.” …
Jean Hanff Korelitz
“More important than the fact that I’m not a Mormon is the fact that I’m an atheist, and I became an atheist at the age of 8.” …
