Quotes About Belief

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.

Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion.

It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

Christianity is a pestilent superstition.

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.

New Testament Christians witnessed — not because they had to — but because they could not help it.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

We know nothing of religion here: we only think of Christ.

I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with the religion of Islam. It just teaches us to believe in Allah as the God.

The religion of Freemasonry is not Christian

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

You have told me, O God, to believe in hell. But you have forbidden me to think...of any man as damned

The old-time-religion and today's cutting-edge-religion have one thing in common - they're both religion. I want neither.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

When all else fails, and to stand firm seems impossible, stand on the wood of the Cross; it will float with you.

From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

Freedom requires religion like a slug requires salt

The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.

Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks.