Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.

The reason I could never be an atheist is because when they get together they have literally nothing to talk about.

If God creates morality, then morality is nothing more than the whimsy of a divine being blindly followed by humans.

To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage

Leaving one religion for the sake of another one is like breaking with a rapist for the sake of dating a misogynist.

Menyerang gadis pakai kerudung tidak terus berarti modern, membela atheism tidak terus berarti modern, dan sebaliknya

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer to men.

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

Atheism isn’t a growth model any more than “I don’t like rollerblading” is a workout strategy.

He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him)...

You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children.

What I am is a proud humanist. Atheism says what I don't accept, humanism says what I do." - Nathan Phelps