“What is there to be said about a Church which certainly promises its believers eternal salvation, but at the same time condemns the non-believers, all those who think differently, to an eternal torment in hell? - If that Church absolutely must talk about love, then it should do so very quietly.” IfsThinkingShouldSaidChurchHellPromiseEternalSalvationAtheistBelieverTormentNon Believer Author:Arnulf Øverland
“All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.” ReasonSeemsTogetherLaughingElementsAtheistOdds Author:Pierre Charron
“For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.” BelieveKnowledgeAtheistExplanationMagician Author:Joseph Dunninger
“Today the god hypothesis has ceased to be scientifically tenable, has lost its explanatory value and is becoming an intellectual and moral burden to our thought. It no longer convinces or comforts, and its abandonment often brings a deep sense of relief.” TodayAtheistReliefHypothesisAbandonment Author:Julian Huxley
“We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion.” ThinkingLyingGivenExistenceCompassionAtheismAtheistTrue HappinessLove And CompassionSentient BeingsLies In Love Author:Adam Pascal
“You're like this little blip of light that lasts for a very brief time and you can shine as brightly as you choose.” LittlesLightLastsAtheismShiningAtheistYou Choose Author:Sean Faircloth
“Math . . . music .. . starry nights . . . These are secular ways of achieving transcendence, of feeling lifted into a grand perspective. It's a sense of being awed by existence that almost obliterates the self. Religious people think of it as an essentially religious experience but it's not. It's an essentially human experience.” PeopleThinkingWayHumansSelfFeelingsNightReligiousExistenceAtheismAchievePerspectiveAtheistMathSecularHuman ExperienceTranscendenceReligious ExperienceStarry Night Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“There is joy in the search for knowledge about the universe in all its manifestations.” JoyUniverseAtheismAtheistManifestationSearch For Knowledge Author:Janet Asimov
“Science and reason liberate us from the shackles of superstition by offering us a framework for understanding our shared humanity. Ultimately, we all have the capacity to treasure life and enrich the world in incalculable ways.” WorldWayReasonHumanityUnderstandingAtheismCapacityAtheistTreasureOfferingSuperstitionsFrameworkShacklesShared Humanity Author:Gad Saad