“[H]e was a dedicated atheist. Imagine, he was senator for over thirty years in Oklahoma, a hotbed of the Lord Jesus, and they never found out. He never tried to …
Day: December 10, 1980
William Lloyd Garrison
“The human mind is greater than any book. The mind sits in judgment on every book. If there be truth in the book, we take it; if error, we discard …
Terence Davies
“I was raised a very fervent Catholic, but from the ages of 15 to 22, I fought intense doubts about religion, until I ultimately realized that I was an atheist.” …
Mark Twain (Quote)
“Now at least, in our immediate day, we hear a Pope saying slave trading is wrong, and see him sending an expedition to Africa to stop it. The texts remain; …
Thelonious Monk
INTERVIEWER: “Do you believe in God?” MONK: “I don’t know nothing. Do you?” …
Fridtjof Nansen
“[T]he religion of one age is, as a rule, the literary entertainment of the next.” …
Henry Cavendish
“As to Cavendish’s religion, he was nothing at all. The only subjects in which he appeared to take any interest were science.” …
Harold Pinter
“You know, I had my bar mitzvah when I was thirteen and I never entered a synagogue again. I’ve been to one or two marriages, I think, but I’ve never …
Julia Sweeney
“It took me years, but letting go of religion has been the most profound wake up of my life. I feel I now look at the world not as a …
