Quotes by Atheism To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym. Arthur Schopenhauer atheism language world Pantheism is only a polite form of atheism. Arthur Schopenhauer pantheism atheism form We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism. August Bebel socialism atheism today Nothing is destroyed until it is replaced. Auguste Comte destroyed computer atheism To reorganize society without God or King, by the systematic culture of Humanity. Auguste Comte atheism humanity kings All good intellects have repeated, since Bacon's time, that there can be no real knowledge but which is based on observed facts. Auguste Comte atheism real facts The universe displays no proof of an all-directing mind. Auguste Comte proof atheism mind The heavens declare the glory of Kepler and Newton. Auguste Comte kepler atheism heaven There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element. Augustus Hare atheism mind wings You'll be pleased to hear, Christopher, that I am no longer a Muslim liberal but an atheist [....] I find that it obviates the necessity for any cognitive dissonance. Ayaan Hirsi Ali atheism cognitive-dissonance atheist ... reason accepts no commandments. Ayn Rand atheism rage fear If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man's only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. Ayn Rand atheism men thinking Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade. Ayn Rand atheism atheist law Frankly, I adore your catchy slogan, "Adoption, not Abortion," although no one has been able to figure out, even with expert counseling, how to use adoption as a method of birth control, or at what time of the month it is most effective. Barbara Ehrenreich abortion adoption atheism If there is no God or no evidence of God and certainly no evidence of a very morally engaged god, then whatever has to be done has to be done by us. Barbara Ehrenreich evidence-of-god atheism done Jesus: a wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist. Barbara Ehrenreich atheism wine jesus The Republican Party: a few million gun-toting, Armageddon-ready Baptists. Barbara Ehrenreich atheism party gun Why am I an atheist? The short answer is that I cannot accept any of the alternatives. I simply don't find them believable. Barbara Smoker alternatives atheism atheist To imagine that "God moves in mysterious ways" is to put up a smokescreen of mystery behind which fantasy may survive in spite of all the facts. Barbara Smoker atheism way moving The one function that most gods seem to have in common is to give human existence some ultimate purpose - and, while it is not possible to disprove an ultimate purpose, there does not seem to be any evidence for it. This is not to say, of course, that there is no purpose in life at all: we all make our own purposes as we go through life. And life does not lose its value simply because it it not going to last forever. Barbara Smoker atheism forever giving «4567891011121314»