Nuala O’Faolain: And though I respect and adore the art that arises from the love of God and though nearly everybody I love and respect themselves believes in God, it …
Day: March 1, 1980
Scott Dikkers
“See, atheists and agnostics aren’t scary. Listen to their laughter! It’s a joyous sound, like the laughter of innocent children. You can trust us! Furthermore, I want to say to …
Harry Belafonte
“To me, faith as practiced all around me was blindly tied to religion, and religion was preachers in Harlem and Jamaica passing the hat for Jesus and driving off in …
Yevgeny Zamyatin
“The Diogenes lamp of skepticism was lit for me at the age of twelve. It was lit by a strapping second-grader. The shiner — blue, violet, and red — burned …
Langston Hughes
Listen, Christ, You did alright in your day, I reckon— But that day’s gone now. They ghosted you up a swell story, too, Called it Bible— But it’s dead now. …
Terry Jones
There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists, There are Hindus and Mormons and then There are those that follow Mohammed, but I’ve never been one of them. I’m …
Barry Duke
“Since [1950s John Birch Society claims], War on Christmas reports have simply become a silly festive season tradition, generating more mirth than fury. All are intended to reinforce the belief …
Ouida
“Christianity is a formula: it is nothing more.” …
‘Wall of Separation’ Phrase Coined
“I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free …
