“I have no religion in the formal sense of the word. … I have no race except that which is forced upon me. I have no country except that to …
Day: September 4, 1980
Helen Thomas
“Atheists pay taxes, too.” …
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“If ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, knowledge of nature is made for their destruction.” …
Declaration of Independence Adopted
On this date in 1776, Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” was adopted, after a vote approving it on July 2. Its secular purpose was to “dissolve the political bands,” and …
Giuseppe Garibaldi
“Dear Friends, Man has created God; not God man. Yours ever, Garibaldi.” …
Kay Nolte Smith
“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.” …
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. …
Christopher Cameron
“Despite views of Blacks as naturally religious, freethought has been a vital and significant component of Black culture and politics since the 19th century.” …
Susan Jacoby
“I’m an atheist because of, which has made a lot of people an atheist, because of the theodicy problem. The problem of if there is this all good, all powerful, …
