“Shallan’s mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist.”— Brandon Sanderson
“Clary felt suddenly annoyed. “When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?””Exsanguinated,” said Jace, impressed. “That’s a big word.””And you’re a big-“”Tsk tsk,” he interupted. “No swearing in church.”— Cassandra Clare
“Freedom is the backbone of Islam, and it is guaranteed for all humans. Whether you are a Muslim, Christian, Jew, agnostic or an atheist; one is free to believe in what they want. Other people have no religious obligation to impose their beliefs on you; in fact, they have an obligation NOT to.”— ???? ?? ??????
“If some people go to heaven and some hell, what makes it different than this world?”— M.F. Moonzajer
“Atheists are not the enemy; the real enemy knows Jesus Christ. Satan and all false prophets know very well that Jesus came from heaven, but still reject him. Matthew 10:36”— Felix Wantang
“Living organisms were not independently created, but have descended and diversified over time from common ancestors. And thus, no other biological theory so elegantly explains this. Evolutionary theory has withstood the test of time—by way of vicarious experimentation, observation, analysis, and relentless criticism, though opposing viewpoints still cling to the concept of “design.” As a person of the biological sciences, I cannot subscribe to such misguided notions that suggest static biological states. Clearly, proper examination of the natural world reveal evolutionary trajectories—some random, others nonrandom—and all having observable genetic implications. It is only when we apply evolutionary explanations to living systems that it becomes ever so clear. The world was not specifically designed with us in mind, but rather we long since adapted and conformed to our surroundings, only giving it the illusionary appearance of “design.”— Tommy Rodriguez
“The nature of atheism merits clarification on two further points which involve less common ideas about theism. The first involves the idea of ‘God’ which is metaphorical — for example, a theist who believes in ‘God’ as a principle of conscience or morality. This ‘God’ exists in a person’s mind and it is not something which atheists will dispute. Atheists agree that gods exist as ideas in people’s minds; the disagreement lies over whether any gods actually exist independently of human beliefs. Those are the gods which atheists disbelieve in or deny.The second type of theism involves gods that exist as physical objects: stones, trees, rivers, or even the universe itself. Believers treat these objects are their gods, but do atheists reject their existence? Of course not — but how do they then remain atheists? The point of disagreement here is whether the label ‘god’ communicates any information beyond the more common label of ‘stone,’ ‘tree,’ or ‘universe.’ If not, then as far as atheists are concerned, those objects don’t merit the extra label ‘god’ and they remain atheists.”— Austin Cline
“They hate us because we are atheists and we feel sorry for them because they are religious.”— M.F. Moonzajer
“Communist until you get rich. Feminist until you get married. Atheist until the airplane starts falling.”— juanda brahma metta
“If I do not personify God, you call me an atheist. But I do not personify God because I refuse to limit God to the boundaries of my imagination… or yours.”— Steve Maraboli
“If there is a God you must see it (literally), even clearer than you see this page, otherwise it is better not to believe. It is better to be an outspoken atheist, than a hypocrite.”— Abhijit Naskar
“Many an atheist is a believer without knowing it juast as many a believer is an atheist without knowing it. You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn’t.”— Frederick Buechner
“The word of Mohammad is a voice direct from nature’s own heart – all else is wind in comparison.”— Thomas Carlyle
“I had given up the church, more because of its complicity with slavery than from a full understanding of the foolishness of its creeds.”— Lucy N. Colman
“Logically, this kind of atheism did not prove that there was no God…. On the contrary, Southwell was typical in placing the onus probandi on those who affirmed the existence of God and Holyoake regarded himself as an atheist only in his inability to believe what the churches would have him believe. They were content to show that the Christian concept of the supernatural was meaningless, that the arguments in its favor were illogical, and that the mysteries of the universe, insofar as they were explicable, could be accounted for in material terms.”— Edward Royle
“The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.”— Plutarch
“I discuss my beliefs less because I bed my atheist, who cannot believe in much more sacred than our kisses.”— Thomm Quackenbush
“The denial of Christ has less to do with facts and more to do with the bent of what a person is prejudiced to conclude.”— Ravi Zacharias
“Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which – grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, “Let there be no compulsion in religion” (2:256) – is arguably the first mandate for religious tolerance in human history.”— Huston Smith
“The personality of Muhammad, it is most difficult to get into the whole truth of it. Only a glimpse of it I can catch. What a dramatic succession of picturesque scenes! There is Muhammad, the Prophet; there is Muhammad, the Warrior; Muhammad, the Businessman; Muhammad, the Statesman; Muhammad, the Orator; Muhammad, the Reformer; Muhammad, the Refuge of Orphans; Muhammad, the Protector of Slaves; Muhammad, the Emancipator of Women; Muhammad, the Judge; Muhammad, the Saint. All in all these magnificent roles, in all these departments of human activities, he is like a hero.”— K.S. Ramakrishna Rao
“Muhammad introduced the concept of such Glorious and Omnipotent God in Whose eyes all worldly systems are pieces of straw. Islamic equality of mankind is no fiction as it is in Christianity. No human mind has ever thought of such total freedom as established by Muhammad.”— Mawde Royden
“Call me infidel, call me atheist, call me what you will, I intend so to treat my children, that they can come to my grave and truthfully say: ‘He who sleeps here never gave us a moment of pain. From his lips, now dust, never came to us an unkind word.”— Robert G. Ingersoll
“You can repeat lies of others without hesitationBecause, you don’t have to give justification But, saying truth you have to be fearless and courageousBecause, you have to defend your viewsYou can not say truth without hurting sentiments of many people”— Sammy Toora
“The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.”— Kevin Max
“Christmas, as a practicing Catholic child, was seen as a reward for lots and lots and lots of church.”— Jenny Colgan
“Be aware of this truth that the people on this earth could be joyous, if only they would live rationally and if they would contribute mutually to each others’ welfare.This world is not a vale of sorrows if you will recognize discriminatingly what is truly excellent in it; and if you will avail yourself of it for mutual happiness and well-being. Therefore, let us explain as often as possible, and particularly at the departure of life, that we base our faith on firm foundations, on Truth for putting into action our ideas which do not depend on fables and ideas which Science has long ago proven to be false.”— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“There is nothing like being told to go fuck yourself by the same person who was, only days before, praying on your behalf.”— Henry Rollins