Quotes by Atheism There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled. Alfred Whitney Griswold inspired atheism men The beast faith lives on its own dung. Algernon Charles Swinburne positive-atheism beast atheism Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain. Alister E. McGrath argument atheism atheist At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble Alister E. McGrath atheism atheist oxford The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against their transformers. A day will come when they will see that they are impoverished under the pretext of being enriched; that, when they are robbed of their souls and of God, both their titles to liberty are stolen from them. Alphonse de Lamartine atheism soul people If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable. Alvin Plantinga atheism believe thinking I can definitely make an argument for atheism. I was very educated in scripture and dogma and the church, particularly the Catholic Church. I could not possibly know that I disagreed with religion unless I knew what I was disagreeing with. Amber Heard atheism catholic church A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. Ambrose Bierce female atheism soul Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead. Ambrose Bierce invisible clairvoyant atheism In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation. Ambrose Bierce doctrine atheism joy The god of the world's leading religion. Ambrose Bierce consumerism atheism world The place whereon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female fool. Ambrose Bierce sacrifice atheism liberty Damning, with bell, book and candle / Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal. / A rite permitting Satan to enslave him / Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him. Ambrose Bierce atheism forever book A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread. Ambrose Bierce gabriel mecca atheism I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities. Ambrose Bierce atheism fear heart Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world. Ambrose Bierce atheism world religion God is man idealized. Amiri Baraka positive-atheism atheism men Jerusalem has been - and for many, still is - a metaphor for destruction and the vengeance of an offended God. She is the city where believers have killed unbelievers to give life to faith. Amos Elon atheism cities giving They are mostly Americans and almost all are Protestant. Many have a strong grounding in the Bible. In Jerusalem, they suddenly take off their clothes or shout prophecies on street corners, only to revert to normal after a few days' treatment. Amos Elon clothes atheism strong I know that a creed is the shell of a lie. Amy Lowell shells atheism lying «1234567891011»