“Christians tell me that they have a higher destiny than the lower animals, because Homo Sapiens can reason. But the Bible tells me that this gift of reason, which they call god-given, may be the match that lights the fires of hell for all who dare to use it, since whatever is not of faith is sin.” MayReasonUseLightChristianGivenSinAnimalDestinyHellFireAtheismHigherDarePositive AtheismHomo Sapiens Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“I am fond of saying that reading the Bible turned me into an atheist.” ReadingAtheismAtheistPositive AtheismReading The Bible Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“The Bible, itself the ultimate curse, is an in-depth profile of the divine spleen.” AtheismDivineUltimateDepthPositive AtheismCurseProfileSpleen Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“But I still don't know what kind of monster was this god, until I saw that Jesus deliberately hid his light under a bushel. "Tell no one" was often his command.” KnowsKindStillsLightJesusSawsAtheismPositive AtheismMonstersCommand Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“The Doxology ... that testimonial to the Platonic Trinity, which divided the Roman Empire into at least eighteen quarreling sects, none of whom knew what they were fighting about, and which schisms contributed to the decline and fall of this greatest of states. Rome had thrived for one thousand years with pagan gods at the helm and expired after only one hundred and fifty years under the Christian banner.” YearsStatesChristianFallFightingAtheismThousandHundredPositive AtheismFiftyEmpiresDividedRomeDeclineThousand YearsPaganEighteenSectsRoman EmpireBannerTrinityPlatonicHelmExpiredSchismTestimonialPagan GodsDoxology Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“Today when the Fundamentalists are once more insisting that the fundamentals of fundamentalism are fundamental to our being No. 1 on the Lord's totem pole, it's very brave of you to invite the "resident atheist" of mid-Missouri to share her thoughts with you.” TodayLordShareAtheismFundamentalsBraveAtheistPositive AtheismInvitesFundamentalismResidentsInsistingMissouriTotems Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“I am pleased as punch no longer to believe in a god who declares reason a sin, who will not choose many noble and great and wise things but has chosen the base things of the world, the foolish things, the weak things and the things which are not. A god who can choose his companions in eternity and prefers Jerry Falwell and Tammy Bakker over Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. I am no longer a fool for Christ's sake. And I have no more desire to be a sheep than to be a fool. It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.” WorldBelieveReasonDesireChristSinWiseAtheismFoolCallingWeakEternitySakePositive AtheismNobleFoolishGods WillChosenCompanionSheepJustificationImposingJerryMarieTammy Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant to give up the old ones.” GivingHumansTodayAtheismStageEvolutionGiving UpSmartAtheistPositive AtheismReluctantHuman Intelligence Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“I am now convinced that children should not be subjected to the frightfulness of the Christian religion [...]. If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and as worthy of society's admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?” IfsShouldHumansChildrenChristianBeautifulFatherJesusAtheismSonTypeBehaviorConceptsAtheistWorthyPositive AtheismConvincedPlotAdmirationHuman Behavior Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“The natural is so awesome that we need not go beyond it.” NeedsNaturalAtheismAtheistPositive Atheism Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
“It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.” AtheismCallingPositive AtheismGods WillJustificationImposing Author:Ruth Hurmence Green
