Atheist Quotes - Page 20

• The politicians and the religious leaders and the weapons scientists have been at it for a long time and they've made a thorough mess of it. I mean, we're in deep trouble.

  Carl Sagan

  Religious, Mean, Long

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• We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.

  Sam Harris

  Atheism, Logical, Claims

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• Why should we believe in a god, that doesnt believe in us?

  Marilyn Manson

  Believe, Should, Believe In Us

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• For those in love with an illusion often refuse to accept reality

  Sanal Edamaruku

  Reality, Illusion, Accepting

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• The media challenged me. `You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe the Judeo-Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'

  Pat Roberts

  Christian, Believe, Simple

  "Pat Robertson attacks Hindus as 'demonic'" by Valli J. Rajan, www.sullivan-county.com. July 1995.

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• I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations mental illness clouds our judgment.

  Adam Hamilton

  Struggle, Clouds, Evil

  "No, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2012.

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• Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Fashion, Catholic, Orthodoxy

  "The Illustrated London News" Magazine, April 19, 1930.

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• The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled in the way that he sees fit, he, in revolt, storms out of the house in denial of the Word of God and in scrutiny of a great deal of those who stand by the Word of God. The epithet 'Heavenly Father' is a grand reflection, a relation to that of human nature.

  Criss Jami

  Father, Teenager, Reflection

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.78, Criss Jami

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• I just became a stronger agnostic, and then I started to realize that everyone who was saying they were agnostic really hadn't thought about it that much. Still, I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist -- being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.

  Julia Sweeney

  Long, Stronger, Sticks

  "FINDING MY RELIGION / Julia Sweeney talks about how she became an atheist" by David Ian Miller, www.sfgate.com. August 15, 2005.

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• Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.

  John Dryden

  Vices, Triumph, Virtue

  John Dryden (1998). “The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI: Plays: King Arthur, Cleomenes, Love Triumphant, and The Secular Masque and Other Contributions to The Pilgrim”, p.145, Univ of California Press

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• When the atheist is told that God is unknowable, he may interpret this claim in one of two ways. He may suppose, first, that the theist has acquired knowledge of a being that, by his own admission, cannot possibly be known; or, second, he may assume that the theist simply does not know what he is talking about.

  George H. Smith

  Two, Talking, Atheism

  George H. Smith (2000). “Why Atheism?”, Pyr Books

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• Why am I an atheist? The short answer is that I cannot accept any of the alternatives. I simply don't find them believable.

  Barbara Smoker

  Atheism, Alternatives, Answers

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• I am not an atheist. I do not know if I can define myself as a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds.

  Albert Einstein

  Mind, Problem, Ifs

  "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck". The Saturday Evening Post, p. 17, October 26, 1929.

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• A deist is an atheist with an eye cocked for the off-chance of some advantage.

  Honore de Balzac

  Eye, Chance, Advantage

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• I would not say that ethical behavior is not possible for the atheist or agnostic. It is. A couple of pretty good examples are Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre. However, I will have to say that if we take the human lot as a whole, these two men must be seen as exceptions.

  Huston Smith

  Couple, Men, Agnostic

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• ... the atheists, libertines, despisers of religion ... that is to say all those who usually pass under the name of Free-thinkers.

  Jonathan Swift

  Names, Atheism, Thinker

  Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth (1755). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised in Six Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates : with Some Account of the Author's Life and Notes Historical and Explanatory”, p.56

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• Hmmm, completely a-religious - atheist. I find that people seem to think religion brings morals and appreciation of nature. I actually think it detracts from both.

  Linus Torvalds

  Religious, Appreciation, Thinking

  Interview with Marjorie Richardson, www.linuxjournal.com. November 1, 1999.

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• Atheist, in the strict and proper sense of the word, is one who does not believe in the existence of a god, or who owns no being superior to nature. It is compounded of the two terms ... signifying without God.

  Richard Watson

  Believe, Two, Atheism

  Richard Watson (1832). “A Biblical and theological dictionary”, p.113

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• Most scientists I know don't care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists.

  Steven Weinberg

  Atheism, Care, Scientist

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• I try to take people at face value and then beyond, taking them out of face value and out of the category of being Black, Latino, Asian, White, Jewish, Muslim or Christian or Atheist, none of that matters to me.

  Immortal Technique

  Christian, White, People

  "The Transcendence Of Hip Hop - An Interview With Immortal Technique". Interview with Chris Grosso, theindiespiritualist.com. February 20, 2014.

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• I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I know about God, and one is that he is allergic to shellfish. There are far too many commandments and you really only need one: Do not hurt anybody.

  Carl Reiner

  Hurt, Men, Needs

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• I'm basically a 'do unto others' type person. I don't have any religious feelings because I'm an atheist, but I live my life like there's a God. And if there was he'd probably love me.

  Ricky Gervais

  Religious, Feelings, Living My Life

  "Office Ricky's not in it for fame". Daily Mirror Interview, www.rickygervais.com. November 15, 2004.

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• The Omen is one of my favorites. Even though I'm an atheist now, I was brought up Catholic and can remember thinking that it could actually be real! The first Dawn of the Dead is a great one. We had a TV serial in Britain called Day of the Triffids and that was always really terrifying for me as well.

  Nick Frost

  Real, Thinking, Catholic

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• The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Religious, Kissing, Simple

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• Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Atheism, Way

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.87

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