“Whatever conclusions we reach about the reality of God, the history of this idea must tell us something important about the human mind and the nature of our aspiration.” MindHumansImportantIdeasRealityAtheismPositive AtheismConclusionAspirationHuman Mind Author:Karen Armstrong
“It is important to bear in mind the now commonly accepted fact that in its primitive stages, religion had nothing to do with morals as understood by us today.” MindImportantFactsTodayMoralAtheismStageBearsUnderstoodPositive AtheismAcceptedPrimitive Author:James Henry Breasted
“The Chief Justice's ... main point seemed to be that the references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance aren't really religious and therefore are not that important - something I would think would offend Christians who think it should stay because it is religious and does matter. Too many Christians appear to be desperate to shore up their failing confidence in their own religious beliefs by having the government officially endorse those beliefs.” ThinkingShouldDoeImportantMatterGovernmentChristianBeliefReligiousJusticeFailingAtheismPositive AtheismChiefsDesperateShorePledgeAllegianceReligious BeliefPledge Of AllegianceChief Justice Author:Ed Buckner
“We all know that men and women can be good without faith. And we also know that faith is an incredibly important source of goodness in our country.” KnowsMenImportantCountryAtheismSourceGoodnessMen And WomenPositive AtheismBe GoodOur Country Author:George W. Bush
“In England Giordano Bruno had given lectures on the plurality of worlds, and in that country had written, in Italian, his most important works. It added not a little to the exasperation against him, that he was perpetually declaiming against the insincerity, the impostures, of his persecutors - that wherever he went he found skepticism varnished over and concealed by hypocrisy; and that it was not against the belief of men, but against their pretended belief, that he was fighting; that he was struggling with an orthodoxy that had neither morality nor faith.” MenWorldLittlesImportantCountryFightingFoundBeliefGivenStruggleWrittenAtheismMoralityEnglandPositive AtheismHypocrisyWorking ItItalianSkepticismLecturesOrthodoxyConcealedInsincerityImportant WorkExasperation Author:John William Draper
“It is a mistake to try to impose Christian beliefs on children and to make them the basis of moral training. The moral education of children is much too important a matter to be built on such foundations.” TryingChildrenImportantMatterChristianBeliefMistakeMoralAtheismTrainingBuiltBasesFoundationPositive AtheismMoral Education Author:Margaret E. Knight
“I ... believe the study of human history remains important and should not be banned. We should ensure that any archaeological studies are conducted with sensitivity and respect. Reburying relics, in my view, does not help anyone go anywhere.” ShouldBelieveHumansDoeImportantHelpingI BelieveViewsStudyAtheismRemainsPositive AtheismSensitivityHuman HistoryBannedRelics Author:Richard Leakey
“An important tradition within westren philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met with the charge that such an allegiance amounts to scientism - the view that the only things that really exist are those recognized by fundamental physical theory, and that the only forms of genuine knowledge are scientific ones.” BelieveImportantSometimesPhilosophyFormNaturalViewsAtheismTheoryAmountMetsTraditionFundamentalsPositive AtheismGuidesGenuineAllegianceScientismNatural SciencePrimacy Book:Atheism and Theism Source: Atheism and Theism
“That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.” FirstsImportantAmericaPoliticalProgressAtheismPlanetsWallPositive AtheismContributionAmendmentsFirst AmendmentImportant Contributions Author:Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
“The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.” MenWorldTwoImportantBookProgressAtheismCenturyMissingAccountsCriticsPositive AtheismErasRecogniseNineteenth CenturyTurning Points Book:The critic as artist (low cost). Limited edition Source: The critic as artist (low cost). Limited edition