top atheist quotes (total: 16012)
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| Anonymous |
When the religion ruled the world, they called it dark ages |
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| [TN]FBMachine |
I got kicked out of Barnes and Noble once for moving all the bibles into the fiction section. |
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| unknown |
Out of anxieties fostered by fears and uncertainties born of ignorance, man fashioned a supernatural world of gods, demi-gods, heroes, and monsters in an attempt to explain the natural phenomena around him. |
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| Gunnar Ekelof |
I don't believe in a life after this. I believe in this life. |
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| Paul Keller |
Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition. |
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| Pink Floyd ("Breathe") |
For long you live and high you fly; And smiles you give and tears you'll cry; And all you touch and all you see; Is all your life will ever be. |
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| B. Smith |
Faith is the fabric of psychosis. |
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| D. Dale Gulledge |
I am treated as evil by people who claim they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do. |
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Robert A. Heinlein |
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. |
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| Ronnie Snow |
Animals do not have gods, they are smarter than that |
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EA Miller |
I’m not on the side of any religion. All religions are dangerous. They just have fluctuating, various degrees of harm that they inflict on humanity at any given time in history. |
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EA Miller |
Creationists deeply fear rational thinking and science because these things combined can undo their little fantasy world without even much of an effort. That's why they attack education at every turn. |
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| Chris Hitchens |
What can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof |
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| Ambrose Bierce |
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. |
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| Terry |
The power of prayer and faith can heal and bring happiness. The real tragedy is that the people that are helped by this don't realize that this power is really coming from within. |
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| College Student |
Prayer is a placebo |
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| Bryan Emmanuel Gutierrez |
All Gods are created equally through imagination. |
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| Marie Alena Castle |
To live without god beliefs is intellectually stimulating. To find one's own purpose and be responsible for one's own life is exciting. To be free of the imagined surveillance of good and evil spirits is liberating. To seek a peaceful world through work and friendship and civic action is life-affirming. |
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| Socrates |
I am certain of only one thing. That is, that I know nothing. |
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osirisnut |
Associated Press. I deem deplorable the practice of so called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of dignity of the woman and child, based on the exploitation situations of the mothers material needs. Dope francis. As of going to press the virgin mary has not replied. |
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EA Miller |
As a guide through life, an invisible god is about as useful as an invisible compass. |
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Enoch Author (admin) |
Humanism is the purest expression of your soul as a human. It has no God to be concerned with, except for the living Gods, that is the humans. It has no doctrine to abide by, except for the natural doctrine of love and benevolence. That's the religion we need my friend. • Abhijit Naskar |
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Benjamin Franklin |
False religion does not deserve your money, and true religion should not need your money. |
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| Homer Simpson |
Gee, there are so many gods. What happens if we believe in the wrong one? Every time we go to church we just make the real one madder and madder. |
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| rob henning |
deeply religious is being in awe of a creator, deeply athiest is being in awe of the creation |
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Epicurus |
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are always praying for evil against one another. |
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EA Miller |
Christian: People are starving, I will pray for them.
Atheist: Have you thought about feeding them?
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EA Miller |
If any religion had the “one true god” that the Abrahamic religions so vehemently decry exists, why wouldn’t he just talk to the entire world in whatever their regional dialect is and clear everything up?
But alas... *crickets* as usual because all gods are imaginary
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EA Miller |
Kill religion, save humanity! |
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Pat Simons |
One of the mainstays of theology is debating hypothetical outcomes involving things that have never been demonstrated to exist. |
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EA Miller |
Billionaires funding and supporting oppressive theocrats and fascists in the United States are literally destroying the country in real time. |
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osirisnut |
Theists FYI.. There is no such thing as a born again Christian, you weren't born a Christian you were raised a Christian. |
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| Mike Fuhrman |
I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then sends me to hell if I'm 'bad'." |
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| Sigmund Freud |
"Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis." The Future of an Illusion / 1927 |
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| Doon |
Man invented God to deal with the concept of infinity. |
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| Eric Hoffer |
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power |
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| John Lennon |
"God is a concept by which we measure our pain." |
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| Lee |
Religion is like a penis. It's fine if you have one, its fine if you're proud of it. But please don't whip it out in public and wave it around, and please don't try to shove it down children's throats. |
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EA Miller |
Oddly, DNA isn't mentioned anywhere by the all-knowing god of the Bible. Nor is the structure of an atom, the cure for any disease, that stars are actually other suns, or even why basic hygiene (e.g., hand washing) is important. |
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osirisnut |
Jesus Christ only had the name Jesus the name Christ was the name of his donkey. Throws a different light on the phrase "Jesus fucking Christ". |
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EA Miller |
Science doesn't require elaborate stage shows, such as those put on by pastors of mega-churches, to prove that it is true. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. |
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| unknown |
Mankind is the puddle, marvelling at how perfectly the pothole conforms to its shape. |
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| Unknown, quoted by Dana Morale |
What is the difference between a cult and a religion? About 100 years. |
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John Kelly Ireland |
Why would i create a spider only to act with shock, then anger if it catches a fly? |
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| the unknown poet |
just remember: all religions were cults at one time |
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EA Miller |
Seek knowledge or embrace religion. They are mutually exclusive and should never be confused with one another. |
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EA Miller |
No all-knowing, all-powerful, omnipresent being would require very flawed, very diverse, very regionally influenced, human beings to spread its message. |
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EA Miller |
If religion offered actual advanced wisdom, true empathy, embracement of diversity, and was beneficial to all human beings, it would not require any type of indoctrination or apologetics to be universally accepted. |
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EA Miller |
The tragic, massive-scale violence in and around the Gaza Strip is truly heartbreaking, has world-wide implications, and is made possible by barbaric ancient religious beliefs. |
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