James Buchan once said "An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support." , and Earnest Hemmingway for "All thinking men are atheist". So here are some thoughts by the world's most renouned atheists.
Richard Dawkins
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out."
Albert Einstien
"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological
concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will
or goal outside the human sphere.... Science has been charged with
undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical
behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social
ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in
a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of
reward after death."
Socrates
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
Carl Sagan
When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.
Benjamin Franklin "Lighthouses are more helpful then churches"
George Bernard Shaw
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to
the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
Karl Marx
"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the
heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is
the opium of the people."
George Carlin
"I was thinking about how people seem to read the
Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me -
they're cramming for their final exam."
"I have as much authority as the pope, I just don't have as many people who believe
it."
Isaac Ismov
"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today."
Ayn Rand
"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone."
* Homer Simpson
"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
