Stephen Roberts- I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours...
Seneca the Younger 4 b.c.- 65 a.d.- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
Blaise Pascal- Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions
Bertrand Russell- And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence
Richard Jeni “You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friendâ€
Doug McLeod- I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence
Sigmund Freud - When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life.
Richard Dawkins - The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.FAITH is a desperate marriage between hope and ignorance. -Sam Harris-* the hard work of one does more than the prayers of millions *