I was told that the Chinese said that they would would bury me by the Western lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very “chic” for an atheist.
Atheism Quotes
Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion.
Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgement of a divine power.
At the age of eighteen… I read Mill’s Autobiography, where I found a sentence to the effect that his father taught him that the question ‘Who made me?’ cannot be answered, since it immediately suggests the further question ‘Who made God?’. This led me to abandon the ‘First Cause’ argument, and to become an atheist. […]
It is an interesting view of atheism, as a sort of “crutch” for those who can’t stand the reality of God.
I go to atheist church. We have crippled guys who stand up and testify that they were crippled, and they still are.
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image to be servants of their human interests.
Thank you, but I’m afraid I can’t accept your compliment. (a fan of Babylon 5 told Straczynski that he was God) You see, I’m an atheist, so if I’m also God, that would mean that I don’t believe in myself, and at this point in my life, I don’t need the added insecurity.
I am an intransigent atheist, but not a militant one. This means that I am an uncompromising advocate of reason and that I am fighting “for” reason, not “against” religion. I must also mention that I do respect religion in its philosophical aspects, in the sense that it represents an early form of philosophy.
For Shakespeare, in the matter of religion, the choice lay between Christianity and nothing. He chose nothing.
