Atheist Quotes - Page 22

• The longer I have been an atheist, the more amazed I am that I ever believed Christian notions.

  Dan Barker

  Christian, Religion, Notion

  Dan Barker (1992). “Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist”, Freedom from Religion Fndtn

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• An atheist is more reclaimable than a papist, as ignorance is sooner cured than superstition.

  Laurence Sterne

  Ignorance, Superstitions, Skepticism

  Laurence Sterne (1790). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Complete in Eight Volumes”, p.146

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• Ah, the bitter, hopeless heart-hunger of godlessness none but an atheist can understand!

  Miles Franklin

  Heart, Atheism, Bitter

  Miles Franklin (2009). “My Brilliant Career”, p.81, The Floating Press

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• There are those, of course, who deny that they need any form of authority. They are the popular atheists and agnostics. Such men say that they must be shown by 'reason' whatever they are to accept as true. But the great thinkers among non-Christian men have taken no such position. They know that they cannot cover the whole area of reality with their knowledge.

  Cornelius Van Til

  Christian, Taken, Reality

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• I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can be pro-woman while supporting anti-woman dogmas.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Believe, Feminist, Dogma

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• I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.

  Bertrand Russell

  Memories, Regret, Lakes

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Autobiography”, p.346, Routledge

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• In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

  Richard B. Garnett

  Love, Nun, Courtesans

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• If you don't think you're close-minded for not believing in Zeus, then please don't accuse atheists of being close-minded for not believing in your god.

  Greta Christina

  Believe, Thinking, Zeus

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• Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by atheists and agnostics than each other.

  Wendy Kaminer

  Religious, People, Tolerance

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• An atheist is as religious as a theist.

  Kedar Joshi

  Religious, Atheism, Theist

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• Would the atheist continue such, let him beware how he admits Love into his breast: for God will surely come along with him.

  Richard B. Garnett

  Atheism, Gods Will, Breasts

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• I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an atheist, I still believe strongly in the power of free will (despite the mysticism in my prose). I don't believe in the notion of a pre-ordained destiny, and I think because of the sudden death of my father at sixteen I learnt then that it is essential to live life to the fullest as it could be snatched away at any second.

  Tobsha Learner

  Father, Philosophy, Believe

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• I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in God, Gods, Godlets or any sort of higher power beyond the universe itself, which seems quite high and powerful enough to me.

  Natalie Angier

  Powerful, Believe, Atheism

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• According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something I'm listening to God.

  Pete Seeger

  Eye, Thinking, Listening

  "Pete Seeger's Session". Beliefnet Interview, www.beliefnet.com. August 2006.

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• That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.

  Aubrey Menen

  Thinking, Religion, Society

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• My dog is an atheist: he no longer believes in me.

  Francois Cavanna

  Dog, Believe, Atheism

  "L'almanach-agenda de Cavanna 1985". Book by François Cavanna, Paris: Belfond, 1985.

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• Dewey repudiated what he called militant atheism. He felt that people have innate religious qualities, such as compassion for sufferers, an urge to improve life, and a sense of awe before the mysteries of existence. However, by the standards of conventional religion, Dewey was an atheist.

  James A. Haught

  Religious, Compassion, People

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• (...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, concept-driven art is a kind of existencial channel through which they bring meaning to their lives. It demands leaps of faith, but it rewards the believer with a sense of consequence. Moreover, just as churches and other ritualistic meeting places serve a social function, so art events generate a sense of community around shared interests

  Sarah Thornton

  Art, Community, Church

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• I am not an atheist; I believe in God. But my religion ends there. I have my own personal belief system that is so strong it allows me to do what I do. I dont have to worry about going to Hell because of Slayer, you know? Everyone has a personal belief system and believes in life somehow.

  Tom Araya

  Strong, Believe, Worry

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• I went through the standard scientific atheist phase when I was about 14. I bought into that package deal of science equals atheism.

  Rupert Sheldrake

  Atheism, Phases, Standards

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• As [The Nation columnist Katha] Pollitt points out, when one starts looking beneath the surface of things and adding together the out-front atheists with the indifferent nonbelievers, you end up with a much larger group of people than Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Unitarians put together.

  Natalie Angier

  Buddhist, People, Atheism

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• Atheists who keep asking for evidence of God's existence are like a fish in the ocean wanting evidence of water.

  Ray Comfort

  Ocean, Water, Asking

  FaceBook post by Ray Comfort from Feb 21, 2013

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• There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.

  Bruno Dumont

  People, Saint, Needs

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• It is not easy to explain why God permits evil; but it is impossible for an atheist to explain the existence of goodness. How could a spiritless, soul-less, cross-less, Godless universe become the center of faith, purity, sacrifice, and martyrdom? How can decency be the decent thing if there is no God? Since God is love, why should we be surprised that want of it should end in pain, hate, broken hearts, and war?

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Pain, Hate, War

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• Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces or shrines. It has no sin, divine judgment, forbidden words, prayer, worship, prophecy, group privileges, or anointed 'holy' leaders. Atheists don't believe in a transcendent world or supernatural afterlife. Most important, there is no orthodoxy in atheism.

  Dan Barker

  Prayer, Book, Believe

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