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From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
Edward Abbey1927–1989A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
- Comedy
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross.
John Adams1735–1826Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 September 1816)
- Christianity
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin1814–1876Man, Society, and Freedom (1871)
- Anti-God
Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.
James Baldwin1924–1987“Letter from a Region of My Mind”
- Christianity
Faith is the eye that sees nothing and rejoices in it.
Iain Banks1954–2013Feersum Endjinn (1994), Chapter 9, Section 2 (p. 265)
- Faith
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
Robert Bellarmine1542–1621
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.
Annie Besant1847–1933The Freethinker’s Text-Book: Christianity
- Women
Ocean: A body of water occupying 2/3 of a world made for man…who has no gills.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Religion
Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy
Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Prayer
Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Faith
Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Religion
It’s a big question. Getting rid of religion would be a good start, wouldn’t it? It seems to be causing a lot of havoc.
Björkborn 1965When asked “Given the chance, how would you change the world?” (The Independent, 18 March 2005.)
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
Richard Francis Burton1821–1890The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night (1885) Terminal Essay: Social Conditions, fn. 13.
- Religion