On this date in 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes of Dayton, Tenn., was arrested for teaching evolution. About 10 weeks later, on July 21, a jury deliberated only …
Publications
Karl Marx
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the feelings of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of unspiritual conditions. It is the opium of the people.” …
Richard E. Grant
“I took a comparative religion course when I was at university to get an overview, but it had no impact whatsoever. As far as I’m concerned, Darwin has come up …
Thomas Huxley
“Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.” …
George Will
“I’m an amiable, low-voltage atheist.” …
Steven Weinberg
“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to …
Mary L. Trump
“It just seemed absurd that there could be any kind of higher power. None of it made sense to me any more. So, since the age of 16, I have …
Pete Seeger
“I leaf through [the bible] quite often — if only to shake my head in disgust. I quote Leviticus to people who think that every word in the Bible is …
Satyajit Ray
INTERVIEWER: “Do you believe in God?” RAY: “No. I don’t believe in religion either. At least not in organized religion. Nor have I felt the necessity for any personal religion.” …
