The neighborhood children, of course, were forbidden by their parents to play with my little boy, Garth, so I finally got him a little kitten to play with. A couple of weeks later we found it on the porch with its neck wrung. Madalyn Murray O'Hair More Quotes by Madalyn Murray O'Hair More Quotes From Madalyn Murray O'Hair ... religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches. Madalyn Murray O'Hair crippled crutches needs I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person. Madalyn Murray O'Hair hurt say-anything want Atheists have an excellent longevity record because we have no place to go after we die, so we take good care of ourselves and our world while we are here. Madalyn Murray O'Hair records our-world atheist The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job to turn his culture from religion, to eliminate those irrational ideas which have held the human race in intellectual slavery. Madalyn Murray O'Hair atheist acceptance jobs One could call this a postnatal abortion on the part of a mother, I guess; I repudiate him entirely and completely for now and all times. . . . He is beyond human forgiveness. Madalyn Murray O'Hair all-time abortion mother You hate me because I am the embodiment of all your doubts. Madalyn Murray O'Hair hate doubt religion The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of faith over reason, and intolerance make institutionalized religion an ideal instrument of social constraint. Madalyn Murray O'Hair punishment acceptance self Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. Madalyn Murray O'Hair heritage atheism christianity I went into the Army, and one day, in the middle of a bull session, somebody called me an atheist. Believe it or not, it was the first time I'd ever heard the word. It goes to show you how a person can grow up in America and have a college education and still not know a goddamned thing. Madalyn Murray O'Hair growing-up atheist believe Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems. Madalyn Murray O'Hair atheism men thinking Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities, nor can there be any. Nature simply exists. Madalyn Murray O'Hair supernatural-forces philosophy religion No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will. Madalyn Murray O'Hair atheist prayer men As I grew a little bit older and got interested in law, I read that Clarence Darrow didn't believe in the Bible either. So I read everything he had ever written, all of his trials, everything - to search out the philosophy of his disbelief.But I couldn't find it. Madalyn Murray O'Hair law philosophy believe Ill tell you, Mr. Thomas, why some Christians are afraid of me. They're not sure that what they believe is really true. If they were sure, I wouldn't be a threat to them at all. Madalyn Murray O'Hair religious christian believe Those so-called records in the Bible were written by devout ecclesiasts who wanted to believe, and wanted others to believe, in the coming of a Messiah. Until someone proves otherwise, therefore, these stories must be considered nothing more than folk tales consisting in equal parts of legend and wish fulfillment. Madalyn Murray O'Hair legends wish believe I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical figure at all. Madalyn Murray O'Hair historical believe jesus I'm not proud of having been married -I've had five affairs, all of them real wingdings. I've enjoyed every goddamned minute of them, but sooner or later I've outgrown every one of them, and when I did I got fed up and threw them out. If they can't keep up with me, the hell with them. Madalyn Murray O'Hair married proud real The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a privilege denied to everyone else, even including nonprofit organizations? None! My contention is that with the churches exempted from property taxation, you and I have to pay that much more in taxes to make up for what they're not contributing. Madalyn Murray O'Hair church organization rose Once involved in the school-prayer fight, I rapidly became aware of, and appalled by, the political and economic power of the Church in America -all based on the violation of one of our nation's canon laws: the separation of church and state. Madalyn Murray O'Hair fighting prayer school I was overwhelmed by the number of calls we got from people offering to rent us houses, to take us out to dinner, to drive us around house hunting. Everyone was just indescribably kind in Havaii. Finally we moved into a house offered to us for an incredible $125 a month by a man who feels that the separation of church and state is a valid constitutional issue which should be fought for. Madalyn Murray O'Hair hunting numbers men
