Atheist QOTD

“Christianity, encouraged by militant forms of Islam, is trying to regain its old influence in the public sphere.”

Joan Smith

“Why are these devout believers so desperate to have everyone believe as they do? Are they so insecure in their unfounded beliefs that they must compel others into them, no matter what, including being arrogant, conceited and condescending?”

D.M. Murdock

“Non-believers like myself stand beside you dumbstruck by the Muslim hordes who chant death to whole nations of the living. But we stand dumbstruck by you as well – by your denial of tangible reality, by the suffering you create in service of your religious myths and by your attachment to an imaginary God.”

Sam Harris

“Listening to politicians say 'God Bless America' sounds so childish. It's like they're saying 'I wonder what Santa will bring me.'”

Anon.

“The inconvenient truth is that the West should be exporting secularism around the world before it exports democracy. Democracy implies not just one person one vote but no less important that the political process proceeds by rational means, by argument, by persuasion, and is based on knowledge that is as objective, as scientific, as one can make it. The objective knowledge has to come first.”

Peter Watson