A Quotes
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“Atheism tells him what he isn’t, and like all of us he yearns to know what he is.”
“Atheism thrives on bad religion.”
“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.”
Source: Joyful Christian
“Atheism was natural enough, but heresy seemed strange. For, surely, if one could believe anything, one could believe everything.”
Source: Mystery at Geneva
“Atheism will appeal to psychology and sociology to explain human behavior, which is legitimate, but what explains human psychology? Atheism can only find explanatory power in evolution such that the mind is - paradoxically - a mindless organ that is forced to act according to its chemistry and cannot act otherwise.
The fact that humans are capable of recognizing depravity in others, are offended by it, seek to reform it, feel guilt, and are capable of redemptive behavior all speak against this explanation.
The fact that humans are capable of meta-cognition - thinking about thinking - and are therefore able to postulate their own mindlessness is counter-intuitive to say the least.”
Source: Christ-Centered Apologetics: Sharing the Gospel with Evidence
“Atheism, a religion dedicated to its own sense of smug superiority.”
“Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism.”
“Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain.”
“Atheism, nine times out of ten, is born from the womb of a bad conscience. Disbelief is born of sin, not of reason.”
Source: Remade for Happiness: Achieving Life's Purpose through Spiritual Transformation
“Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history.”
“Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.”
“Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grapple with the true God.… Nietzsche, in calling himself Antichrist, proved thereby his intense hunger for Christ.”
“Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.”
“Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity and save it; not by Christ, but by force.”
Source: The Idiot
“Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority.”
“Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear - cut issues and unambiguous speech.”
“Atheist isn't really the right word because they tended to believe in some sort of Enlightenment, capital 'N' Nature kind of god. But these were people who in their times were criticized as infidels.”
“Atheist Jews double crossers stole our [black people’s] secrets. . . . They give us to worship a dead Jew and not ourselves . . . . Selling fried potatoes and people, the little arty bastards talking arithmetic they sucked from the arab’s head.”
“Atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair was murdered. Jon Murray and Robin Murray-O'Hair were also murdered by individuals involved with the atheist organization.”
“Atheist n. A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others.”
Source: American Heretic's Dictionary
“Atheist, in the strict and proper sense of the word, is one who does not believe in the existence of a god, or who owns no being superior to nature. It is compounded of the two terms ... signifying without God.”
Source: A Biblical and theological dictionary
“Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.”
“Atheistic evolution isn't an intelligent belief, as atheists would have the black community believe.”
“Atheistic evolutionists believe that nothing created everything - a scientific impossibility. It couldn't happen. So they redefine the word 'nothing' to mean 'something,' so that in their unthinking minds, they can justify their foolishness.”
“Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least one being whose existence comes before its essence, a being which exists before it can be defined by any conception of it. That being is man....”
Source: Existentialism is a Humanism
“Atheistic morality is not impossible, but it will never answer our purpose.”
“Atheistic secular humanists should be removed from office and Christians should be elected...Government and true Christianity are inseparable.”
“Atheists/agnostics scored an average of 6.7 out of 12 on questions specifically regarding the Bible and Christianity. This is a higher score than (Protestant) Christians (6.2) and Catholics (5.4).”
“Atheists anger doesn't prove that we're selfish, or joyless, or miserable. It shows that we have compassion, and a sense of justice. We're angry because we see terrible harm all around us, and we feel desperately motivated to stop it.”
“Atheists are like wild feral dogs wih no master. But Christians are like loving dogs with a giving and loving master. Domesticated dogs will love you always, but Feral wild dogs HAVE to be put down. they are a danger to us all.”
“Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap.”
Source: Life of Pi
“Atheists are not Americans.”
“Atheists are not the enemy; the real enemy knows Jesus Christ. Satan and all false prophets know very well that Jesus came from heaven, but still reject him. Matthew 10:36”
Source: God's Blueprint of the Holy Bible
“Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit... When the Atheist examines, denounces, or satirises the gods, he is not dealing with persons but with ideas. He is incapable of insulting God, for he does not admit the existence of any such being... We attack not a person but a belief, not a binge but an idea, not a fact but a fancy.”
“Atheists are suffering from bad PR. What if Sesame Street had an atheist character?”
“Atheists are the fastest-growing religious subgroup in all fifty states. There are more atheists in this country than there are Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists combined and doubled. ["Unbelievable! Atheists to Rally in Record Numbers", Forbes, 21 March 2012]”
“Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to lie to themselves. Of course it's an evolutionary handicap, and if that handicap was widespread, our species would run the risk of extinction”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“Atheists are the new gays; in the closet and pretty much disqualified from public office.”
“Atheists blame religion when priests do wrong. Anything can be misused, whether it is nuclear power or a matchstick. So, how can I blame religion? Patriotism too can be misused, by misinforming others and eliminating people, so do we start hating the country?”
“Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not.”
“Atheists does not believe in God. God also does not believe in Atheists”
“Atheists don't believe in hope and faith. People think being an atheist makes them seem smart but it also strips them from fundamental qualities that are very needed in a world immersed in darkness.”
“Atheists don't hate fairies, leprechauns, or unicorns because they don't exist. It is impossible to hate something that doesn't exist. Atheists - like the painting experts hated the painter - hate God because He does exist.”
“Atheists enjoy weekends, even though they are more religious, rather than scientific.”
“Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.”
“Atheists got so trapped that they forgot that God is not necessarily what religious books say. We have to redefine the word God to encompass everything. If God is the Creator of everything, then God is Everything. If God is Everything, then God is the truth. Why not believe in truth and refuse the partial truths sold as truth? The truth does not care about human-biased decisions and their fights or who first claimed the truth.”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it.”
Source: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
“Atheists have an excellent longevity record because we have no place to go after we die, so we take good care of ourselves and our world while we are here.”
“Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.”
“Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.”