“In eighth or ninth grade, I studied astronomy, cosmology, and the origins of the universe. I remember saying to a minister, ‘I don’t get it. I read a book that …
Day: June 22, 1980
Ignacio Ramírez
“No hay Dios; los seres de la naturaleza se sostienen por sí mismos.” (“There is no God. Natural beings sustain themselves.”) …
Octavia Butler
“At the moment, there are no true aliens in our lives. No Martians or Tau Cetians, to swoop down in advanced space ships, their attentions firmly fixed on the all-important …
Harvey Milk
“About six months ago, Anita Bryant in her speaking to God said that the drought in California was because of the gay people. On November 9, the day after I …
G.A. Wells
“I say I have no religious beliefs. I certainly think this life is all I have, all anybody has, and I usually say it doesn’t seem to me at all …
“Mme. de Stael”
“She spoke much about the preservation of religion, in which, she gave me to understand, she did not herself believe.” …
Robert Patterson
“Talking to god is crazy. Hearing god is schizophrenia. Acting on it is insanity.” …
Amber Heard
“I’d like to thank the way I was raised for giving me enough knowledge about organized religion to make the adult decision to live the rest of my life without …
Vladimir Nabokov
“In the 1920s I was clawed at by a certain Mochulski [Konstantin, a literary critic and philosopher] who could never stomach my utter indifference to organized mysticism, to religion, to …
