Atheism Quotes - Page 5

The mysteries of the faith are not to [be] explained rashly to anyone. Usually in fact, they cannot be understood by everyone but only by those who are qualified to understand them with informed intelligence. The depth of the divine Scriptures is such that not only the illiterate and uninitiated have difficulty understanding them, but also the educated and the gifted.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

God is Truth. There is no incompatibility between science and religion. Both are seeking the same truth. Science shows that God exists.

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech.

Agnosticism is epistemologically self-contradictory on its own assumptions because its claim to make no assertion about ultimate reality rests upon a most comprehensive assertion about ultimate reality.

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

I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.

And when the Old Man wished to kill someone, he would take him and say: "Go and do this thing. I do this because I want to make you return to paradise." And the assassins go and perform the deed willingly.

WHAT WE NEED IN AMERICA TODAY IS A VIGOROUS RETURN TO THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND A MOST VIGOROUS DEFENSE AGAINST THE MINION OF GODLESSNESS AND ATHEISM.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

You know, they are fooling us, there is no God.

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all.

There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

There's a Chaplain who never visited the front.

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

I had one nanny who made me sit in front of a bowl of porridge for three or four days running when I refused to eat it. I remember being very unhappy about that.

When people start using science to argue for their specific beliefs and delusions, to try to claim that they're supported by science, then scientists at least have to speak up and say, You re welcome to your delusions, but don't say that they're supported by science.

We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.