Quotations For Atheists

QUOTES ON ATHEISM A material resurrection seems strange, and even absurd, except for purposes of punishment; and all punishment which is to revenge rather than to correct, must be morally wrong. And when the world is at an end, what moral or warning purpose can eternal tortures answer? — Lord Byron I recall the story of the philosopher and the theologian. The two were engaged in a disputation and the theologian used the old quip about a philosopher being like a blind man, in a dark room, looking for a black cat — which wasn't there. "That may be," said the philosopher; but a theologian would have found it." — Julian Huxley If we are going to teach "creation science" . . . as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction. — Judith Hayes Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. — Anonymous Blasphemy? No, it is not blasphemy. If God is as vast as that, He is above blasphemy; if He is as little as that, He is beneath it. — Mark Twain The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. — Bertrand Russell The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children . . . is contrary to every principle of moral justice. — Thomas Paine I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the <b>…</b>