“Men are given to worshipping malevolent gods, and that which is not cruel seems to them not worth their adoration.” …
Day: August 31, 1980
Jean-Baptiste LaMarck
“All knowledge that is not the real product of observation, or of consequences deduced from observation, is entirely groundless and illusory.” …
Paul D. Boyer
“My views have changed from a belief that my prayers were heard to clear atheism. … Over and over, expanding scientific knowledge has shown religious claims to be false.” “None …
Walt Whitman
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about …
Graham Wallas
“People in a state of strong religious emotion sometimes become conscious of a throbbing sound in their ears, due to the increased force of their circulation. An organist, by opening …
Dick Hewetson
“I remember the last Sunday I was in church — I could not wait for that service to end. I literally ran down the aisle out of church and have …
Matt Dillahunty
“Faith is the excuse people give for believing something when they don’t have evidence.” …
Olive Schreiner
“But we, wretched unbelievers, we bear our own burdens; we must say, ‘I myself did it, I. Not God, not Satan; I myself!’ ““This thing is certain — he is …
Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner
“Heresy makes for progress.” …
