“I think humanism is within us and it’s inborn, nobody under the sun is born with religion. I think religion is something that is imposed on humanity by people who …
Day: August 28, 1980
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In the wilderness a holy man To his surprise met a servant of Pan, A goat-footed faun, who spoke with grace; “Lord, pray for me and for my race, That …
C. Wright Mills
“[A]re not all the television Christians in reality armchair atheists? In value and in reality they live without the God they profess; despite ten million Bibles sold each year, they …
Anne Hutchinson (Banished)
On this date in 1637, Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Puritan theocracy of Boston by the Massachusetts General Court for sedition and heresy. Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a religious reformer …
Meg Bowman
“Why burn? The answer is simple. Read the Bible — the Koran — the theologians and philosophers of the world. Look in your hymnals and then ask, ‘What better way …
14th Amendment Adopted
On this date in 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was formally adopted after certification by Secretary of State William Seward. It reads, in part: “No State shall make or …
Mel Brooks
“If you’re not indoctrinated into some kind of religion when you’re very young, then it can play very little. I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish …
Donald C. Johanson
“I’ve always been an atheist. I didn’t have to be converted to atheism.”“The anti-science aspect of religion is what bothers me most intensely. It’s personified in this cartoon: “Welcome to …
Lalla Ward
“We are both strongly non-religious, and we have similar views on what’s important in life.” …
