“We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell.”

Karl Popper1902 - 1994 ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/353/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/352 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/352#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:04 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/352

“From my experience, Christian fundamentalists are more concerned about our 'activism' than what we call ourselves. They will attack anyone, Atheist or Theist, who challenges their privileged position in society.”

Ellen Johnson ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/352/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/351 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/351#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:06 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/351

“Being born again, and the process it entails, has far more in common with recruitment into a cult than it does with genuine belief.”

Chris Hedges ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/351/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/350 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/350#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:10 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/350

“Some 36 percent of British Muslims between the ages of 18 and 24 think apostates should be murdered. The younger British Muslims are, the more they believe it - a bad sign for the future, unless we start arguing back.”

Oliver Kamm ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/350/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/349 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/349#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:05 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/349

“With research showing mothers to be the prime influencers of their offspring's religious behaviour, it remains the rejection of the church by young women 40 years ago that was so catastrophic. Their children never came through the doors.”

Michael Valpy ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/349/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/348 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/348#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:08 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/348

“It makes no sense in a pluralistic society to give one church special status. Nor does it make sense, in a largely secular country, to give special status to all faiths. The point of democracies is that the public arena is open to all groups—religious, humanist or football fans. The quality of the argument, not the quality of the access to power, is what matters.”

The Economist ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/348/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/347 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/347#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:08 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/347

“Things have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade the sphere of private life.”

Viscount Melbourne1779 - 1848 ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/347/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/346 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/346#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:06 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/346

“We cannot take biblical, particularly Old Testament, laws and demand that secular society be bound by them.”

Reinhold Niebuhr ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/346/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/345 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/345#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:08 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/345

“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.”

Emo Philips ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/345/feed http://atheistweb.org/qotd/344 http://atheistweb.org/qotd/344#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:07 +0000 Admin http://atheistweb.org/qotd/344

“Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness. It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in print anywhere.”

Mark Twain1835 - 1910 ]]> http://atheistweb.org/qotd/344/feed