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Thomas Paine All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
sir David stevens Its 90 degrees in the shade in jerusalem.. where did noah get two penguins and two polar bears from?
unknown Blasphemy is a victimless crime
HSM The Christian god makes man human, then burns him when he acts like one.
Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould Creation science has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple and so basic that we often forget to mention it: because it is false, and because good teachers understand exactly why it is false. What could be more destructive of that most
Judith Hayes If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Josh Charles Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation?
Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops.
Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
Bryan Emmanuel Gutierrez God should be executed for crimes against humanity.
Stephen King The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window
Taslima Nasrin Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
Nick Kinnan Children are born without religion, don't give them your nerosis.
Me Science flies people to the moon, religion flies people into buildings.
Nogard If god created my brain I'm certain he approves of its usage.
Rich Rodriguez In 1000 years we will all be Atheist or we will no longer be.
unknown Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Jesse Ventura Religion is a crutch for the weak minded.
Mark Twain Mark Twain Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
Voltaire Voltaire It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Pope Leo X It has served us well, this myth of Christ.
Michael A good king inspires loyalty. An evil tyrant demands blind obediance. A good king allows those who do not want to serve him leave in peace. An evil tyrant kills and tortures those who will not be slaves. This is why I could never be christian.
Rich Rodriguez It is very difficult to reason someone out of a position they did not reason themselves into.
British comedian (sorry I forgot the name) When I was a child I had an imaginary friend to whom I talked. Then I grew up and became an atheist.
Robert G. Ingersoll Robert G. Ingersoll "With soap, baptism is a good thing."
Robert G. Ingersoll Robert G. Ingersoll In Nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences.
George Carlin George Carlin Interstingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to God ar all answered at about the same 50% rate
Unknown Primates often have trouble imagining a universe not run by an angry alpha male
Daniel Boorstin The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.
unknown "Who created god? If your answer is he always was, then why can't you say the same for the universe?"
Nogard A religious text should ideally not extend past three pages. Any longer and it tends to contradict itself.
Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point
John Kelly  Ireland John Kelly Ireland Who are the bigger fool's, those who are born stupid or those who choose stupidity?
H. L. Mencken H. L. Mencken I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind--that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.
Penn Jillette Penn Jillette Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have.
Daryl Elliott "All religions are cults of varying degrees."
Sigmund Freud "When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life."
Frank Zappa "Children are naive -- they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble."
unknown The Bible has fingerprints all over it. And none of them are God-sized.
Ed Martin Hell would be to have to spend eternity in a Heaven with those who are sure they are going there.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Robert G. Ingersoll Robert G. Ingersoll Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of everlasting torture on its lips. It meant war on earth and perdition hereafter
Steve Buscemi "The Island" What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.
44th President Dem-To-Be-Named-Later United States He who says "The United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs" is woefully ignorant of history. The United States was founded by Deists, and the puritan settlers were but one immigrant group among many.
Kozy If all exclusive religions are right and everyone else is wrong, isn't everyone just wrong?
John Buchan An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
John Adams This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religions in it.
Frank Zappa If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT.
H. L. Mencken H. L. Mencken "Puritanism- The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
Frank Zappa A mind is like a parachute. It doesnt work if it not open.
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EA Miller 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
EA Miller EA Miller No all-knowing, all-powerful, omnipresent being would require very flawed, very diverse, very regionally influenced, human beings to spread its message.
EA Miller EA Miller Denying science in the age of new exploration and discovery to embrace antiquated religious beliefs is the pinnacle of human arrogance and ignorance.
osirisnut osirisnut WTF Bible verses... It is shameful for a woman to speak in the church. 1 Corinthians 14:35
osirisnut osirisnut WTF Bible verses... If a man strikes a slave with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. However, if the slave gets up after a day or two he shall not be punished since the slave is his property. Exodus 21:20-21
osirisnut osirisnut A nun was walking through a forest near to her nunnery where she was raped. After her ordeal the man said, in 9 months you shall have a child and you can call it john. The nun replied, in 6 months you shall have a rash and you can call it syphilis.
osirisnut osirisnut A man was approached in N I by two men and asked if he was a catholic or a protestant?. The man replied I'm an atheist, to which the second man asked are you a catholic or a protestant atheist?
EA Miller EA Miller Christian: People are starving, I will pray for them.

Atheist: Have you thought about feeding them?

EA Miller EA Miller To Christians out there calling atheists “Satanists” …

We don't believe any of your fairytales. Which means we also don't believe in any of the fictional characters contained within them, protagonists or antagonists. Capeesh?
EA Miller EA Miller Leaders of all Abrahamic religions work vehemently to suppress individual rights and marginalize very specific populations of people (e.g., women, minorities, LBGT community). For current reference to this atrocity, please see the heavily white evangelical influenced “Project 2025” proposed by the Republican Party in the United States should their candidate win the Presidency.
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