Atheist Quotes - Page 35

• I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.

  Lord Byron

  Believe, Mind, Atheism

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• Atheism has been on the rise for years now, and the Bible of the atheists is The Origin of Species.

  Kirk Cameron

  Years, Atheism, Origin Of Species

  "Kirk Cameron Stands Behind Controversial Darwin Statements". Interview with Oliver Jones, people.com. September 24, 2009.

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• I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

  George Carlin

  Two, Guy, Religion

  "A Place for My Stuff". Comedy album by George Carlin, 1981.

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• Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Men, Mirrors, Self Love

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• The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.

  Noam Chomsky

  Bible, Book, Religion

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• The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Religion, Tragedy, Atheism

  "Credo". Essay by Arthur C. Clarke (1991), later published in Arthur C. Clarke "Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934-1998" (p. 360), 1999.

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• Atheistic evolution isn't an intelligent belief, as atheists would have the black community believe.

  Ray Comfort

  Believe, Intelligent, Community

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• Even Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, could see God. No doubt, in her silent darkness, every fragrant flower, every ray of the warm sun, every taste that touched her tongue told her that there was a God who created all things. Jodie Foster shouldn't therefore be surprised that people are surprised that she's an atheist.

  Ray Comfort

  Flower, People, Darkness

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• I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do.

  Billy Connolly

  Believe, Angel, Thinking

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• The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Insightful, Religion

  Charles Darwin (2010). “The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 29: “Erasmus Darwin” by Ernest Krause, with a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin; “The Autobiography of Charles Darwin” Edited by Nora Barlow; and Consolidated Index”, p.124, NYU Press

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• The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

  Richard Dawkins

  Funny, Sarcastic, Science

  River Out of Eden ch. 4 (1995)

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• I think; therefore I am.

  Rene Descartes

  Inspirational, Humorous, Thinking

  Rene Descartes (2013). “Discourse on the Method: Discourse On the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth In the Sciences (Beloved Books Edition)”, p.30, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

  Umberto Eco

  Dream, Scripture, Positive Atheism

  Umberto Eco (2014). “The Name of the Rose”, p.468, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.330, Princeton University Press

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• I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, God, Religious

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.39, Princeton University Press

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• I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

  Brian Eno

  Choir, Knows

  "On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno". Interview with Paul Morley, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2010.

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• Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.

  Jerry Falwell

  Christian, Soldier, Religion

  "Farewell, Falwell …" by Mickey S. Huff, www.counterpunch.org. May 16, 2007.

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• The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.

  Jerry Falwell

  Christian, Running, Country

  "Jerry Falwell: An Unauthorized Profile". Book by William R. Goodman Jr.; James J. H. Price, 1981.

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• The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! 'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!

  Pope Francis

  Father, Blood, Catholic

  "Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2013.

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• I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Liars, Artist, Telling The Truth

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.9, Penguin

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  As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.

  Sam Harris

  Offending, Population, Angry

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• Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception. I have argued elsewhere that this is a problem - because millions of people have had experiences for which 'spiritual' and 'mystical' seem the only terms available.

  Sam Harris

  Spiritual, Self, People

  "On Spiritual Truths" by Sam Harris, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2011.

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• Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label.

  Amber Heard

  Believe, Fighting, Labels

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• Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Sex, Humor

  "The Church of England can no longer continue as an arm of the state" by Suzanne Moore, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2012.

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• I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Thinking

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