“Many people in our society — and I’m one of them — have given up religion for science, because science is demonstrable. I can drop that grape on the ground …
Day: December 2, 1980
Annie Laurie Gaylor
“The only life that ought to concern any of us is leaving our planet and our descendants a secure and pleasant future.” …
Burt Lancaster
“The Ten Commandments, he said, were fine — but not for him.” …
Sting
“[I]f ever I’m asked if I’m religious I always reply, ‘Yes, I’m a devout musician.’ Music puts me in touch with something beyond the intellect, something otherworldly, something sacred.” …
Graham Greene
“I prefer to be an agnostic and think that the body itself produces its own miracle.” …
Christian de Duve
“It would be an exaggeration to say I’m not afraid of death, but I’m not afraid of what comes after, because I’m not a believer.” …
Wallace Stevens
“The death of one god is the death of all.” …
Gene Weingarten
“Atheists always get this question: How can you be an ethical, moral person? Which is annoying and insulting. It demonstrates a fundamental disconnect. Do you really need fear of hell …
Keir Starmer
“I am not of faith, I don’t believe in God, but I can see the power of faith and the way it brings people together.” …
