Atheist Quotes - Page 14

• I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

  Marvin Olasky

  Christian, Years, Atheism

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• It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, God, Religious

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 17 (1781 - 1785)

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• I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Believe, Insightful, Religion

  "Multiple Intelligences in Practice: Enhancing Self-esteem and Learning in the Classroom (Section 2: Using MI)". Book by Mike Fleetham, April 13, 2006.

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• To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

  Eric Hoffer

  Religion, Atheism, Needs

  Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

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• The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Christian, Friday, Reality

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• The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

  William Shakespeare

  Witty, Memorable, Venice

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 3, l. [99]

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• You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat's meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.

  Aldous Huxley

  Dog, Fear, Rain

  1932 Texts and Pretexts,'Amor Fati'.

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• I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Appreciate

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• Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Science, Ideas, Atheism

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.13, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Religion, Atheism, God Is Not Great

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.253, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• It would be very nice if there were a God who created the world and was a benevolent providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be.

  Sigmund Freud

  Nice, Order, Wish

  Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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• The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Real, Believe

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.213, Shambhala Publications

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• I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made.

  Emma Goldman

  Jobs, Mistake, Believe

  Emma Goldman (2011). “Living My Life (Two Volumes in One)”, p.207, Cosimo, Inc.

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• In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere — "Bibles laid open, millions of surprises," as Herbert says, "fine nets and stratagems." God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.

  C. S. Lewis

  Reading, Men, Wish

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• If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine - but to hang all this desperate sociology on the idea of The Cloud-Guy who has The Big Book, who knows if you've been bad or good - and CARES about any of it - to hang it all on that, folks, is the chimpanzee part of the brain working.

  Frank Zappa

  Book, Love You, Clouds

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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• If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.

  Richard Dawkins

  Children, Work Out, Belief

  "Richard Dawkins's backwards logic over atheist schooling" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2010.

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• I don't believe in atheists.

  Neal Boortz

  Believe, Religion, Atheism

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• No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Accountability, Atheism

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.284

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• Humans: become atheists each and all! God will nevertheless welcome you with all his heart!

  Giovanni Papini

  Heart, Atheism, Welcome

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• You think you are too intelligent to believe in God. I am not like you.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Believe, Intelligent, Thinking

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• A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Kings, Men, Religion

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• Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

  Karl Marx

  Religious, Heart, World Religions

  Karl Marx, Joseph O'Malley (1977). “Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy Of Right'”, p.131, CUP Archive

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• The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

  Eric Hoffer

  Religious, Opposites, Atheism

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

  Richard Lederer

  Dark, People, Religion

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• How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

  Woody Allen

  Funny, God, Witty

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