top atheist quotes (total: 15978)
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| Andrew Waterhouse |
No devout Christian is an actual "believer". They don't believe in Christianity, they are all just getting scared into it by fear of going to hell. |
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| an anonymous teenage atheist |
Jesus has the ability to manipulate millions of people into believing he is the son of god, and to this day he has as much evidence as I do. |
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| Baron von Knifty |
If you agree to a recent poll that 83% of the people in this country respect a god, then you would also have to agree that the reason this country is so morally corrupt is because 83% of the people in this country respect a god.
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| Baron von Knifty |
I would rather believe I evolved from the great apes than to ever consider I was the fabrication of an incompetent, deranged god.
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| Pat Condell |
If the Bible is the word of God, and the Qur'an is the word of God, then God must have two words for you. I bet I can guess what they are |
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| Baron von Knifty |
Astronomers have just discovered a black hole that is estimated to be as big as our sun; 18 billion of them! What has religion found out lately. Oh yeah, that Galileo was right after all back in 1610 when he said our Earth was not the center of the universe.
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| Baron von Knifty |
If you must insist on praying for something, pray for the modern scientists. Creation science will never give anyone an eternal life, but modern science someday will. If they can distinguish you from over six billion people by a microscopic DNA strand, then you can bet your sweet ass eternal life for a physical body is waiting just around the corner.
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| Buddha(Kalama Sutta ) |
Do not believe in anything (simply)
because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they
have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is
spoken and rumoured by many.
Do not believe in anything (simply) because
it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority
of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis
when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all
then accept it and live up to it.
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| Marty A |
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish. |
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| Sam Harris |
“Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he likely to require as much evidence as anyone else, and to be persuaded only to the extent that you give in. Tell him that the book he keeps by his bed was written by an invisible deity who will punish him with fire for eternity if he fails to accept its every incredible clam about the universe, and he seems to require no evidence whatsoever” |
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| Baron von Knifty |
The religious don’t need another life after they die. They need to get a life in this one.
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| aka_lol |
Religion is formalized ignorance. |
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| Danita |
Going to a church to find out about heaven is like going to a funeral to find out about sex education! |
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| Baron von Knifty |
I would have more respect for Catholicism if it said god created Atom rather than Adam.
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| Richard Dawkin |
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
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| Baron von Knifty |
Believing in religion is like rowing your boat while it’s still on the trailer. It’s a waste of time, and it certainly won’t get you anywhere you’d like to go.
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| Lucy Stewart |
Emotions are good, but i prefer it when people use actual evidence in support of their beliefs. Since, after all...the universe is nothing to do with our emotions. Beliefs may make you feel good...but my feeling good is nothing to do with the world outside of my mind. |
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| Baron von Knifty |
Blaming famine, disease and terrorism on the sins of abortionists, atheists and gays is like blaming the dog crap on your throw rug to the shit fairy.
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| Sir William Osler |
The greater the ignorance, the greater the dogmatism. |
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| welldone |
"ignorance begins in the acknowledgement that there is a supreme being that holds the answer for all questions" |
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| Baron von Knifty |
Although “In God We Trust” is splashed everywhere, they won’t accept him as a co-signer at the bank.
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| Nietzsche |
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith proves nothing. |
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| GORE VIDAL |
The great unmentionable evil at the center of our
culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age
text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human
religions have evolved - Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are, literally,
patriarchal - God is the Omnipotent Father - hence
the loathing of women for 2,000 years in those
countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male
delegates.
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| GORE VIDAL |
The great unmentionable evil at the center of our
culture is monotheism. From a barbaric Bronze Age
text known as the Old Testament, three anti-human
religions have evolved - Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam. These are sky-god religions. They are, literally,
patriarchal - God is the Omnipotent Father - hence
the loathing of women for 2,000 years in those
countries afflicted by the sky-god and his earthly male
delegates.
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| Trevor Anderson |
Theist religion is based on where your born. If you're born in America, you'll more than likely be Christian. However were you to be born in any number of other countries, you would more than likely NOT hold those same beliefs. Therefore, theist religion is often held, becuase people just go along with what their parents teach them as a child. Remember: religion is easy when every answer to every logical question is a one word answer, "Faith". Faith to me means "I don't need to know because that's what God tells me." |
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| Jakeness |
People hate me because I do not believe in the existence of god. I ask, "Where has god profoundly shown you tangible proof?" The believer says, "He gave me my beautiful children." I say, "Actually, your ape-like sex drive, your 23 chromosome equipped sperm, your child's mother's 23 chromosome equipped egg, and the wonders of cellular division created your beautiful children. Dumbass." |
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| Tim Murray (PKA Tim Kilgore) |
(Regarding The Bible) I fail to see what's so inspiring about rape, animal mutilation, and mass genocide. |
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| Unknown |
I would very much like to know why God sets strict rules and moralities but there is still incest every couple of pages in the Bible. |
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| Bob Bergey |
The Death of thought is the birth of religion. |
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| Baron von Knifty |
TRUE: In the Middle Ages the rich used to pay the monks to pray for them because the rich believed the monks had a better connection to god. That’s like hiring someone to take a bath in your place because they look dirtier.
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| Carl Allen |
If god doesn't like me let him tell me, I don't think he needs you to do it for him |
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| Dylan J. |
Since its origin sometime during the Middle Paleolithic period, religion has been regarded by the common people as true, the wise as false, and the powerful as useful. As scientific discoveries are made that truly explain natural events or phenomena, the god(s) or other mythological justifications for the events become false and ultimately accepted as bogus. Today several unanswered questions remain. What is the origin of life? What brought into existence all matter? What is beyond the universe? What happens when you die? Theists have filled in answers to these questions of the unknown with more of the unknown which clearly isn’t a very logical procedure. If you really think about all the different types of religions in the world, it seems that God is just a projection of the personal culture of the different regions. However, scattered through today’s world of many deluded minds, millions of people have realized that the truth doesn’t require having any “faith”. Atheists have accepted the unanswered questions as simply unknown thus far, and have not puttied the ridiculous concept of a god over the gaps in our knowledge. People lacking the belief in God share many advantages over religious people. Finding moral values within themselves, discarding the false hope of prayer as an aid to resolving problems, and striving for absolute involvement in life are just three of the many, many reasons an atheistic lifestyle is better for the individual, as well as all of humanity.
In essence, an atheist’s morality rises from their own thoughts and personal views on issues, rather than the forced perspective of doing what is right for a god. With this freedom, the nonbeliever is allowed to enjoy many aspects of life that are oftentimes difficult or impossible for the religious. Atheists raise freethinking children. They let their children pick a religion, or none. This is usually hard for parents. If a child wanted to be another religion, or even an atheist, it would be devastating to most religious parents. With this acceptance of the individual comes the beauty that an atheist can be friends with everyone without having the thought in the back of their mind that this person's lifestyle may be incompatible due to their personal differences. Atheists have the power to accept people for who they are. Enabling them to enjoy others quirks rather than chastise them for being unique. In addition, atheists can have relationships with people who have alternative lifestyles without feeling like they have to save them from some deity that is going to condemn them for being themselves. After all, if there was a creator, then He has made everyone the way they are! When generosity rises from an atheist, it is out of the pure goodness of their heart. They are not trying to please any higher beings; it’s just something that they feel is the right thing to do. Being true to oneself is very important to atheists, and it’s clearly a driving force in their ethical decisions.
If I put fourth only minimal effort in writing this essay, would I receive a grade of 100%? What if I prayed every night that I get an A+? Maybe I wouldn’t be given that grade since I don’t believe. Perhaps it’s not part of Gods plan, and goes against His will. Possibly, the answer to my prayer was simply a “no.” Or, it may be that my prayer was too materialistic and self-seeking. Atheists don’t concern themselves with these excuses for why praying doesn’t always work. Atheists know that hoping, wishing and praying does absolutely nothing to help a cause, and the only real way to accomplish something is to put their hands to use instead of clasping them together. When someone denies the possibility of aid from prayer, it empowers them to take responsibility for their own doings, not to rely on help from an ubiquitous creature. If everyone thought that a magical plan was going to happen, no matter what, then why try to prevent the events or make things better? Atheists take comfort in knowing that there is no plan, and that their actions and advances in studies and technology alone, can combat catastrophes or other horrible events that are often instead credited as being the unstoppable “wrath of God.”
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| Gawain Simon |
I'm not sure I approve of a god who condones sycophantic worship. |
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| MIK |
If a mercifull loving god existed innocent children would be bullitproof |
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| Anthony W Allsop |
Each one of us is born with a conscience. I doesn't require religion to hone it and give it shape. |
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| W. Fristoe |
Remember - when you bow to someone, you're also bending over! |
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| W. Fristoe |
Theology is very important - but only for keeping theologians employed. |
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| Peter |
Either there is no God or he´s busy learning the guitar from Elvis. |
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| JohnSA |
If someone tells you they have been born more than once, DEMAND a re-count |
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| Devin Pugliano |
Jesus was just like Charles Manson. Corrupted the weak. Spent time with the whores. Sent his "disciples" out to do his bidding. Only Jesus wasn't as cool. He couldn't play guitar. |
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| David Rohlf |
The almighty God does have a fear of something. The fear of not being believed in. And I tell you that I just made Gods heart skip a beat. |
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| Karl Marx, German philosopher and economist |
"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." |
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| Unknown |
" Why do good people suffer?" |
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| Ere Thomas |
What you call dog with no legs? Don't matter what you call him, he ain't gonna come.
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Billy Connolly |
Never trust people who've only got one fucking book. |
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| Sam Hart |
If a man came along today and claimed to be the son of God, he would not be worshiped but rather he would be treated |
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George bernard shaw |
"Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't" |
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| Frank Zappa |
The revolutionaries who got this country started were not, as Pat Robertson would have us believe, a bunch of wig-headed Jeezo-Grovelers, whimpering for guidance from The Unseen Hand. They had a First Amendment premonition about pimp-weasels like him |
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| mjrt |
you believe that earth was created about 6000 years ago,so when you see a geologiest you just think wack job. seriously |
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Dr Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." |
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