Positive Atheism Quotes - Page 32

• Supernatural entities simply do not exist. This nonreality of the supernatural means, on the human level, that men do not possess supernatural and immortal souls; and, on the level of the universe as a whole, that our cosmos does not possess a supernatural and eternal God.

  Corliss Lamont

  Mean, Men, Soul

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• God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem omniabsent. Everywhere, intelligent and educated people rely more and more on purely secular and scientific techniques for the solution of their problems. As science advances, belief in divine miracles and the efficacy of prayer becomes fainter and fainter.

  Corliss Lamont

  Prayer, Intelligent, Men

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• An ideology can be defined as a group of beliefs that individuals borrow; most people borrow an ideology by identifying with a social group ... with a body of sacred documents and heroes.

  Robert E Lane

  Hero, People, Atheism

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• Stereotypes are the mind's shorthand for dealing with complexities. They have two aspects: they are much blunter than reality; they are shaped to fit a man's preferences or prejudgments. Thus two principles are involved: differentiation or its lack, and biased preferential perception.

  Robert E Lane

  Reality, Men, Two

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• Changing ideas is a strain not to be lightly incurred, particularly when these ideas are intimately related to one's self-esteem ... men have elaborated an explanation for their situation in life... Their rationales are endowed with moral qualities.

  Robert E Lane

  Self Esteem, Men, Ideas

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• Dogma is a defensive reaction against doubt in the mind of the theorist, but doubt of which he is unaware.

  Harold Lasswell

  Mind, Doubt, Atheism

  Harold D. Lasswell (1986). “Psychopathology and Politics”, p.175, University of Chicago Press

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• The essential mark of the agitator is the high value he places on the emotional response of the public. Whether he attacks or defends social institutions is a secondary matter.

  Harold Lasswell

  Emotional, Atheism, Matter

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• "Humanism" is to be human, to think, to analyze, and to probe. To respond and to be stimulated by all living things - beasts, fowl, and fishes. To respond through touch, sight, smell, and sound to all things in nature - both organic and inorganic-to colors, shapes, and textures - to not only look at a blade of grass but to really see a blade of grass. These things, to me, are what life and living are all about. I would call it "Humanism."

  Jacob Lawrence

  Thinking, Color, Smell

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• The whole story is about change. We are very lucky that the earth's history is recorded in fossilized remains. And we can see the changes. Unfortunately, there will always be gaps in our knowledge, but there is no doubt that we and everything living today has evolved.

  Richard Leakey

  Doubt, Atheism, Lucky

  Interview, content.time.com. April 11, 1999.

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• I have been raised to believe in freedom of thought and speech. If a minority wishes to accept that position it's their right. What I fear is that this minority may seem to be larger than it truly is. What is strange is that there are still people who believe the world is not a globe.

  Richard Leakey

  Believe, People, Atheism

  Interview, content.time.com. April 11, 1999.

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• I ... believe the study of human history remains important and should not be banned. We should ensure that any archaeological studies are conducted with sensitivity and respect. Reburying relics, in my view, does not help anyone go anywhere.

  Richard Leakey

  Believe, Views, Important

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• The greatest problem we face is the growing number of people living in poverty. The related sense of hopelessness has to be impacting on every part of environmental management.

  Richard Leakey

  Numbers, People, Environmental

  Interview, content.time.com. April 11, 1999.

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• Do not make gods in your own images.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Atheism

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• There are parodies of non-existent things.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Atheism, Parody

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• Do I have no soul as punishment for not believing in the soul?

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Believe, Punishment, Soul

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• What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Believe, Atheism, Ifs

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• Do I believe? God only knows.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Believe, Atheism, Knows

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• There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Atheism, Trying, Sides

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• The spirit of the times can haunt even the atheists.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Atheist, Atheism, Spirit

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• An error becomes an error when born as truth.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Errors, Atheism, Born

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• Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Eye, Atheism, Puritan

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• Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Guilt, Atheism, Stones

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• Witches admitted their relations with the devil. Our blood boils - how could they be forced to admit this when there is no devil. But reason tells us this is not true. The devil does exist and was in fact the inquisitor.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Blood, Atheism, Devil

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• How many prison years in the years since Christ!

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Years, Atheism, Prison

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• The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Atheism, Mouths, Littles

  "Unkempt Thoughts". Book by Stanisław Jerzy Lec, translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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