Quotes by Atheism We have learned the answers, all the answers: it is the question that we do not know. Archibald MacLeish questions-and-answers atheism knows There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life. Ariane Sherine atheism enjoy worry Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you. Aristophanes atheism eye mouths Men create the gods after their own images. Aristotle atheism men religion If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary. Aristotle atheism would-be moving Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail. Aristotle sacrifice atheism prayer If the art of ship-building were in the wood, ships would exist by nature. Aristotle woods atheism art We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses - in short, from fewer premises. Aristotle assuming atheism may Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the conditions required to support life. In the absence of an absurdly improbable accident, the observations of modern science seem to suggest an underlying, one might say, supernatural plan. Arno Allan Penzias support atheism unique Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now. Arthur C. Clarke atheism religious religion If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods. Arthur C. Clarke atheism men religion Science can have no quarrel with a religion which postulates a God to whom men are His children. Arthur Compton atheism men children Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs. Arthur Conan Doyle charity atheism giving We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong. Arthur Eddington atheism stars gone The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into the magic aura are not dealt with rationally but by a specific type of pseudo-reasoning. Absurdities and contradictions are made acceptable by specious rationalizations. Arthur Koestler magic atheism mind 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. Arthur Koestler atheism age past But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork'. Thus scientific research is a worshipful act, in that it reveals more of the wonders of God's creation. Arthur Leonard Schawlow gods-creation atheism heaven The only atheism is the denial of truth. Arthur Lynch denial atheism A disbelief in God does not result in a belief in nothing; disbelief in God usuallyresults in a belief in anything. Arthur Lynch atheism atheist doe There are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more. Arthur Miller crucible atheism church «345678910111213»