"Religion
convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't
want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And
he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money!" - George Carlin
"Properly
read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." - Isaac Asimov
"In
science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then
they actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as
often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall
the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." - Carl Sagan
"The alleged
short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short circuit destroying the mind." - Ayn Rand
"It
is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." - William Kingdon Clifford
"During almost
fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all
places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution."
- James Madison
"The
Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history." - Noam Chomsky
"Whenever
morality is based on theology, whenever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things
can be justified and established." - Ludwig Feuerbach
"We
owe it to ourselves as respectable human beings, as thinking human beings, to do what we can to make humanity more rational...Humanists
recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable
of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs and serving human interests." - Isaac Asimov
