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Paul Kurtz Quotes about Atheism

All Paul Kurtz Quotes Atheism quotes Belief Destiny Virtue

The beginning of wisdom is the awareness that there is insufficient evidence that a god or gods have created us and the recognition that we are responsible in part for our own destiny. Human beings can achieve this good

The beginning of wisdom is the awareness that there is insufficient evidence that a god or gods have created us and the recognition that we are responsible in part for our own destiny. Human beings can achieve this good life, but it is by the cultivation of the virtues of intelligence and courage, not faith and obedience, that we will most likely be able to do so.

Good Life, Destiny, Atheism

Paul Kurtz (1986). “The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal”

Humanists hold that ethical values are relative to human experience and need not be derived from theological or metaphysical foundations.

Atheism, Foundation, Needs

No diety will save us; we must save ourselves.

Religion, Atheism

Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.

Religious, Philosophy, Atheism

The theist can only find meaning by leaving this life for a transcendental world beyond the grave. The human world as he finds it is empty of 'ultimate purpose' and hence meaningless. Theism thus is an attempt to escape from the human condition; it is a pathetic deceit.

Leaving, Atheism, Deceit

Paul Kurtz “Toward a New Enlightenment: The Philosophy of Paul Kurtz”, Transaction Publishers

The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.

Promise, Atheism, Belief

Paul Kurtz (1986). “The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal”

We need to be skeptical of utopianists who offer unreliable totalistic visions of other worlds and strive to take us there. We need some ideals, but we also need to protect ourselves from the miscalculations and misadventures of visionaries.

Other Worlds, Vision, Atheism

Paul Kurtz (1992). “The New Skepticism: Inquiry and Reliable Knowledge”

Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment.

Enlightenment, Atheism, Agendas

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