Christopher Hitchens Quotes about Atheism

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Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.

Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.

Christopher Hitchens

Atheist, Atheism, Conclusion

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

Christopher Hitchens

Atheist, Religion, Atheism

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.253, Atlantic Books Ltd

Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.

Christopher Hitchens

Religion, Atheism, Important

I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.

Christopher Hitchens

Hatred, Religion, Atheism

How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.

Christopher Hitchens

Country, Atheist, Atheism

I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful.

Christopher Hitchens

Religious, Atheist, Atheism

Once you assume a creator and a plan, it makes us objects in a cruel experiment whereby we are created sick and commanded to be well.

Christopher Hitchens

Sick, Religion, Atheism

"Connect The World" with Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. December 16, 2011.

The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism.

Christopher Hitchens

Atheist, Atheism, Cognitive Dissonance

Christopher Hitchens (2007). “The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever”, p.480, Da Capo Press

Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of 'the flock.

Christopher Hitchens

Atheist, Atheism, Christianity

Christopher Hitchens (2010). “Hitch 22: A Memoir”, p.38, Atlantic Books Ltd

Thus, though I dislike to differ with such a great man, Voltaire was simply ludicrous when he said that if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him. The human invention of god is the problem to begin with.

Christopher Hitchens

Atheist, Men, Atheism

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.96, Atlantic Books Ltd

Religion fosters servility and solipsism.

Christopher Hitchens

Religion, Atheism, Solipsism

Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug all your life. Make your last days the best ones. People might suppose this was in poor taste.

Christopher Hitchens

People, Atheism, Groups