“The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on.” WantedSufferingChristianityTreeGardenEssenceFruitAtheistForbiddenEdenGarden Of EdenSubtextTree Of Knowledge Author:Frank Zappa
“Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation?” ReasonPowerfulCreationDemandCreaturesCapableAtheistContrary Author:Josh Charles
“It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveSeemsErrorsAtheistWorth Living Author:Sinclair Lewis
“For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.” BelieveCommonAtheistCommon Sense Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.” KnowsSimpleAnswersTalkingPrayingAtheistDo You KnowI Pray Author:Peter O'Toole
“Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?” MayDoeStatesChristianReligionChurchChristianityAtheismParticularAuthorityAtheistEaseChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSectsExclusionFounding Fathers ChristianFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFederalist PapersFounding Fathers AtheistChristianity From Founding Fathers Author:James Madison
“Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men for surrendering our 'godly gift' of reason when we cross their mental thresholds?” MenHumansReasonQualityCrossesAtheistHuman LifeDepartmentGodlyThresholdCredulityGullibilityGodly Man Author:Christopher Hitchens
“If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He goes out and creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes. He's a pretty poor excuse for a Supreme Being.” IfsHumansProblemPoorMistakeDemandWorshipBlameSevenAtheistExcuseSupremePsychologicalInsecureImpressiveSeven DaysSupreme BeingVery ImpressivePsychological Problems Book:Great Birds of the Galaxy Source: Great Birds of the Galaxy
“The existence of a world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all of his perfection, creating imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell.” MenWorldSeemsRunningOrderExistenceHellRiskCreatingPerfectionAtheistAbsurdImperfectGod ExistsWithout GodExistence Of GodPerfect ManImperfect Man Author:Armand Salacrou
“It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of incalculable cruelty. On the other, it is to suppose that he has perversely given his human creatures an instrument - their intellect - which must inevitably lead them, if they are dispassionate and honest, to deny his existence. It is tempting to conclude that if he exists, it is the atheists and agnostics that he loves best, among those with any pretensions to education. For they are the ones who have taken him most seriously.” IfsBelieveHumansHandsGivenLove IsExistenceTakenHonestCreaturesInstrumentsAtheistDenyIntellectCrueltyInsultBelieve In GodPretensionTemptingDispassionate Author:Galen Strawson