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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
- Anti-Religion
If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
James Baldwin1924–1987“Letter from a Region of My Mind”
I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.
James Baldwin1924–1987“In Search of a Majority” address delivered at Kalamazoo College (February 1960)
- Freedom
It is not well for a man to pray, cream; and live, skim milk.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 64
- Prayer
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Life Thoughts (1858), p. 234
- Nature
Difficulties are God’s errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God’s confidence, — as a compliment from God.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 107
The true Mystic, realising God, has no need of any Scriptures, for he has touched the source whence all Scriptures flow.
Annie Besant1847–1933The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant
- Religion
Empty-brained triflers who have never tried to think, who take their creed as they take their fashions, speak of atheism as the outcome of foul life and vicious desires.
Annie Besant1847–1933Annie Besant: An Autobiography, p. 89
- Atheism
- Clever Jabs
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 1:1 (KJV)In context
- Religion
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 18:25 (KJV)In context
- Justice
O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 8:1–2 (KJV)In context
- Children
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 8:4 (KJV)In context
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 14:1 (KJV)In context
- Atheism
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 19:14 (KJV)In context
- Prayer
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 22:1 (KJV)In context
- Faith