“I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.. I live in 1924, and the Christian venture is done.” KnowsDoneChristianPastChristianityAtheismGreatnessPositive AtheismVenture Book:Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays Source: Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays
“All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again.” WorldShouldPastFormCan DoAtheismPositive AtheismDogmatic Author:Theodore Dreiser
“I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal.” ThinkingMenWorldHelpingPastPerfectOpinionAtheismJudgingTypePersonalityUniversalIntentionPositive AtheismSupremeAttributesPerfect Man Author:Thomas A. Edison
“The Revolutionary's Utopia, which in appearance represents a complete break with the past, is always modeled on some image of the Lost Paradise, of a legendary Golden Age... All utopias are fed from the source of mythology; the social engineers' blueprints are merely revised editions of the ancient text.” AgePastLostSocialBreakAtheismSourceAncientAppearancePositive AtheismMythologyGoldenRevolutionaryParadiseFedsEngineersUtopiaLegendaryBlueprintsGolden Age Book:the god that failed Source: the god that failed
“Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?” ActionPastEvilAtheismPositive AtheismCriminalsShamefulTimes Past Author:Lucretius
“Whatever may be God's future, we cannot forget His past.” MayPastForgetAtheismPositive Atheism Author:William Hurrell Mallock
“Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the only theory of morals that does. And evolution throws just as much light on the ethical and social struggle today; and it is the only theory that does. What a strange age ours is from the religious point of view! What a hopeless age from the philosopher's point of view! Yet it is a very good age, the best that ever was. No evolutionist is a pessimist.” HumansDoeLightAgeTodayPastSocialReligiousViewsMoralStruggleWonderfulAtheismStrangeTheoryDevelopmentEvolutionConscienceVery GoodPhilosopherPoint Of ViewHopelessEthicalPessimistEccentricity Author:Joseph McCabe
“There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past. It is very suspicious of freedom, uncomfortable with diversity hostile to science, unfriendly to reason, contemptuous of personal autonomy. It sees America as a religious nation. It views patriotism as allegiance to God. It secretly adores coercion and conformity. Despite our constitution, despite the legacy of the Enlightenment, it appeals to millions of Americans and threatens our freedom.” TwoReasonAmericaPastFatherNationsReligiousViewsVisionMillionsAtheismDiversityEnlightenmentRootsConstitutionDespiteAppealsLegacyUncomfortableConformityAdoreFoundingHostileAutonomySuspiciousCoercionAllegianceOur Founding FathersPuritanHarshnessUnfriendlyContemptuous Author:Sherwin Wine
“Religion grows with the intelligence of man, but all religions of the past and probably all of the future will sooner or later become petrified forms instead of living helps to mankind. Until that time comes, however, if religion of any name or nature makes man more happy, comfortable, and able to live peaceably with his brothers, it is good.” IfsMenHelpingAblePastFormNamesGrowsAtheismMankindBrotherComfortablePositive AtheismSooner Or Later Author:Luther Burbank