“Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.” KindIdeasReasonFallFoundBeliefExistenceQualityConsciousImmortalityAssociatesQuality Of LifeFalling OffContinuance Author:Albert J. Nock
“Freedom of religion, as the Founding Fathers saw it, was not just the right to associate oneself with a certain denomination but the right to disassociate without penalty. Belief or nonbelief was a matter of individual choice - a right underwritten in the basic charter of the nation's liberties.” MatterCertainChoicesFatherIndividualBeliefNationsLibertySawsAtheismOneselfPositive AtheismPenaltiesAssociatesFoundingCharterFreedom Of ReligionDenominationsIndividual Choice Author:Norman Cousins