#atheism

I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been working to undo the botched job your god has made. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#common-sense #religion #religion

Saying that you are moral because you believe in a god is like saying you are an economist because you play monopoly. ↗

— Robert W. Cox

#economics #god #monopoly #morality #religion

We are all tricked. We think that religion tells us what to believe; but it doesn't, it is telling us what not to believe. Atheism is not the absence of religion; atheism is the most undiluted form of religion: it tells us not to believe in anything at all. Atheists hate the religious and the religious hate atheists, but this is only a deception! We are all deceived! There is only one boat and we are all in it! All at the same time! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#deception #dogma #religion #the-great-deception #trickery

I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#atheism #belief #christianity #god #religion

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful. ↗

— Martin Amis

#atheism #dignity #irrationality #reason #religion

Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands. ↗

— Martin Amis

#awe #humanism #reality #religion #religion

When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods are for children, for little, fearful people, for those who would have no responsibility to themselves or their fellows. ↗

— Michael Moorcock

#gods #responsibility #self-respect #respect

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#dreams #god #gods #dreams

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. ↗

— Voltaire

#atheism #atrocities #barbarity #injustice #religion

Just keep asking yourself: What would Jesus not do? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#choice #jesus #jesus