#atheism

I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#meanness #niceness #religion #religion

How do you know it's not true if you don't believe in it? ↗

— Pete Hautman

#religion #religion

To say that atheism is not a religion is the equivalent of saying anarchy is not really a political creed ↗

— Bō Jinn

#atheism #christianity-islam #god #religion #religion

The natural is so awesome that we need not go beyond it. ↗

— Ruth Hurmence Green

#naturalism #religion #nature

The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky. ↗

— Anne Rice

#religion #religion

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#christianity #christians #devout #devouts #goodness

As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close on the knotty question of whether or not I believe in God. In fact I am about to type, 'I do not believe in God', when the sky goes black as ink, there is a thunderclap and a huge crash of thunder and a downpour of epic proportions. I never do complete the sentence. ↗

— Michael Palin

#atheism #belief #religion #religion

If you ask the religious person "What do you believe in?" he will tell you about one thing. But if you ask him "What do you not believe in?" he will tell you about many, many things! And if you ask an atheist "What do you believe in?" he will say "Nothing." The only difference between an atheist and a religious person, is one thing. If one thing isn't there, there would be no difference at all! When I say I am losing my religion, I am not saying that I'm losing my belief; but I am saying that I'm losing my disbeliefs. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#learning-to-believe #letting-go-of-disbelief #losing-my-religion #religion #religion

Nothing draws people more quickly away from religion than an open mind. ↗

— Hemant Mehta

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The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn’t. It’s not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can’t have your own facts. ↗

— Ricky Gervais

#religion #science #religion