“Hallucinations and illusions are not facts useful for scientific investigation.” FactsAtheismIllusionPositive AtheismInvestigationHallucinations Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“Further, economic systems ... have never arranged themselves by themselves. It is men who do the ordering according to their attitudes, desires and understanding of things. Changes take place, not independent of man's will, but on account of man's wills. Civilization has progressed by man's interference with material conditions.” MenGivingDesireUnderstandingAttitudeAtheismEconomicConditionsMaterialsCivilizationAccountsImportanceIndependentPositive AtheismPrimariesThings ChangeInterferenceEconomic Systems Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“The language of theism which was familiar to the people, gave Gandhi the advantage of easy communication with the people, but it is atheistic in principle. It could have been the starting point for the atheistic movement in the modern age.” PeopleHas BeensAgeLanguageEasyPrinciplesAtheismModernMovementCommunicationAdvantageStartingPositive AtheismFamiliarCould Have BeenStarting PointAtheisticTheismModern Age Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“Satyagraha means insistence on what one knows to be the truth. The insistence implies the exercise of free will as the need of social obligation. If one is content to know the truth himself, he does not become a votary of Satyagraha. A Satyagrahi should not only know the truth but should insist upon it in social relations. So Satyagraha is activation of truthfulness.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldMeanDoeSocialAtheismExerciseRelationPositive AtheismObligationFree WillTruthfulnessInsistenceSatyagrahaSocial RelationsSocial ObligationActivation Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“The insistence on truthfulness does not disturb the freedom of the individual. The social obligation implied in Satyagraha turns the freedom of the individual into moral freedom. An atheist is free to say or to do what he likes, provided he does what he says and says what he does. So, in the context of social relations, the freedom of the individual is moral freedom.” DoeTurnsIndividualSocialMoralAtheismRelationAtheistPositive AtheismLikesObligationTruthfulnessInsistenceImpliedSatyagrahaSocial RelationsSocial ObligationMoral Freedom Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“Existentialist philosophy recognizes the existence of the individual as the real purpose of human life. The recognition is basically atheistic and it encourages the individual to free himself from the impositions of custom, governmental authority, economic pressures, and cultural inhibitions.” HumansRealPhilosophyPurposeIndividualExistenceAtheismEconomicAuthorityPressurePositive AtheismRecognitionHuman LifeCustomsAtheisticInhibitionsImpositionExistentialist Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations.” WayIndividualSocialAtheismAppreciationPositive AtheismObligationIndividual FreedomSocial Obligation Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“Real morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real.” RealAtheismMoralityPositive AtheismTangibleSanctions Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
“I affirm my faith when I'm asked about it. But I always try to do so in a way that communicates absolute respect, not only for people who worship in a different way, but just as much respect for those who do not believe in God and who are atheists.” PeopleWayTryingBelieveDifferentAtheismWorshipAbsolutesAtheistCommunicatePositive AtheismDifferent WaysBelieve In God Author:Al Gore
“Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.” PeopleCountryReligiousAtheismAtheistPositive AtheismDiscourseReligious FaithPublic Discourse Author:Al Gore