“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to …
Day: May 3, 1980
Mathilde Franziska Giesler Anneke
“Reason, which we recognize as our highest and only law-giver, commands us to be free.” …
John Burroughs
“The deeper our insight into the methods of nature … the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us.” …
Marlon Brando
“When I was young, I embraced the Judeo-Christian concept of good and evil, and its corollary, that all of us were responsible for our deeds because of the choices we …
Rachel Bloom
“[When] the Constitution established a separation of church and state. That’s so important, because if you look at almost any religion, especially the major three, there is an oppression of …
A.C. Grayling
“In the study of history I became aware of the effects of religious divisions and sectarianism on individuals and societies, and came to think that freedom from religious influence is …
Brian Cox
“So for me, the idea I would be able to have an entertaining and enjoyable afternoon discussing with people with whom I suppose I have to say I disagree at …
Sir Edward Herbert
“There is a universal church made up of all people who assent to these basic beliefs, and [Herbert] rejects the Bible as revelation. ‘Revelation,’ he said, ‘is every divine and …
Ira Glass
“And for whatever reasons now, I have a bunch of friends, my wife and I have a bunch of friends, who are very devout religious people. And we hang out …
