Some Atheist Quotes
From Facebook Group: "Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization"
"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."
--Voltaire
"Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."
"Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be made to the creator of the human mind."
--John A. Hutchinson
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
--Mikhail Bakunin
"If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.”
--Edmond de Goncourt
"It isn't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand."
--Mark Twain
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
--George Bernard Shaw
"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike."
--Huang Po
"Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown His own?"
--Bertrand Russell
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits."
--Dan Barker, former evangelist
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
--Richard Dawkins
"Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply an admission of the obvious. In fact, "atheist" is a term that should not ever exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non astrologer" or a "non-alchemist". We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. An atheist is simply a person who believes that the 260 million Americans (87 percent of the population) claiming to "never doubt the existence of God" should be obliged to present evidence for his existence-and, indeed, for his BENEVOLENCE, given the relentless destruction of innocent human beings we witness in the world each day."
--Sam Harris, "Letter to a Christian Nation"
"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
--Don Hirschberg
"The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts."
--Bertrand Russell
"We must repsect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children are smart."
--Henry Mencken
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
--Napoleon Bonaparte
“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell”
--Karl Popper
"Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion -- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat, if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven."
--Mark Twain
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
--Albert Einstein
"When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave. There was for me no master in all the wide world, not even in infinite space. I was free--free to think, to express my thoughts--free to live my own ideal, free to live for myself and those I loved, free to use all my faculties, all my senses, free to spread imagination's wings, free to investigate, to guess and dream and hope, free to judge and determine for myself . . . I was free! I stood erect and fearlessly, joyously faced all worlds."
--Robert G. Ingersoll
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
--Plato
"Losing your faith is a lot like losing your virginity; you don’t realize how irritating it was ‘til it’s gone."
"My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of Prayer,' when prelates and pastors did their tremulous Martin Luther King impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place."
--Richard Dawkins
"The difference between a religion and a delusion is the number of people who share it."
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
--Stephen Roberts
"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
--Steven Weinberg
"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."
--Voltaire
"Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."
"Unthinking faith is a curious offering to be made to the creator of the human mind."
--John A. Hutchinson
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
--Mikhail Bakunin
"If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.”
--Edmond de Goncourt
"It isn't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand."
--Mark Twain
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
--George Bernard Shaw
"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike."
--Huang Po
"Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown His own?"
--Bertrand Russell
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
--Friedrich Nietzsche
"Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits."
--Dan Barker, former evangelist
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
--Richard Dawkins
"Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply an admission of the obvious. In fact, "atheist" is a term that should not ever exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non astrologer" or a "non-alchemist". We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. An atheist is simply a person who believes that the 260 million Americans (87 percent of the population) claiming to "never doubt the existence of God" should be obliged to present evidence for his existence-and, indeed, for his BENEVOLENCE, given the relentless destruction of innocent human beings we witness in the world each day."
--Sam Harris, "Letter to a Christian Nation"
"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
--Don Hirschberg
"The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts."
--Bertrand Russell
"We must repsect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children are smart."
--Henry Mencken
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
--Napoleon Bonaparte
“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell”
--Karl Popper
"Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion -- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat, if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven."
--Mark Twain
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
--Albert Einstein
"When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave. There was for me no master in all the wide world, not even in infinite space. I was free--free to think, to express my thoughts--free to live my own ideal, free to live for myself and those I loved, free to use all my faculties, all my senses, free to spread imagination's wings, free to investigate, to guess and dream and hope, free to judge and determine for myself . . . I was free! I stood erect and fearlessly, joyously faced all worlds."
--Robert G. Ingersoll
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”
--Plato
"Losing your faith is a lot like losing your virginity; you don’t realize how irritating it was ‘til it’s gone."
"My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of Prayer,' when prelates and pastors did their tremulous Martin Luther King impersonations and urged people of mutually incompatible faiths to hold hands, united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place."
--Richard Dawkins
"The difference between a religion and a delusion is the number of people who share it."
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
--Stephen Roberts
"With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."
--Steven Weinberg