“[W]ith an absolute God, his word revealed and his will eternal, how could relativity in ethics get anywhere with them?” …
Publications
Richard Jeni
“When one guy sees an invisible man he’s a nut case. Ten people see him it’s a cult. Ten million people see him it’s a respected religion.” …
Rod Steiger
“That’s all religion is — some principle you believe in. … Man has accomplished far more miracles than the God he invented. What a tragedy it is to invent a …
Bruce Sterling
“I don’t believe in God.” …
Nella Larsen
“With the obscuring curtain of religion rent, she was able to look about her and see with shocked eyes this thing she had done to herself. She couldn’t, she thought …
Christopher Hitchens
“Gullibility and credulity are considered undesirable qualities in every department of human life — except religion. … Atheism strikes me as morally superior, as well as intellectually superior, to religion. …
Thomas Jefferson
“Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. … Do …
George Jacob Holyoake
“Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not alarm the true investigator, who takes truth for …
Thomas Beddoes
“Man created a God, a Heaven and a Hell.” …