On the Nature of Atheism
On God
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not Omnipotent.
Is he able but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is God both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
~ Epicurus
On Monism
The universe, the whole mass of things that are, is corporeal, that is to say, body, and hath the dimensions of magnitude, length, breadth and depth. Every part of the universe is ?body? and that which is not ?body? is no part of the universe, and because the universe is all, that which is no part of it is nothing, and consequently nowhere.
~ Thomas Hobbes
On Creation
If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods, that fancy enthusiasm or deceit adorned them, that weakness worships them, that credulity preserves them and that custom respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests.
~ Baron d?Holbach
On Reason
In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the reasoning of a single individual
~ Galileo Galilei
On Foundations
"The government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian Religion."
~ George Washington
"I do not find in Christianity one redeeming feature."
~ Thomas Jefferson
"The Bible is not my book, nor Christianity my religion."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"A just government has no need for the clergy or the church."
~ James Madison
"I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice."
~ John F. Kennedy
"The United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs."
~ George W. Bush
On Behalf of...
I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
~ Homer Simpson
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