Atheist QOTD

“The defamation of religions [UN resolution] protects ideas rather than individuals, and makes the state the arbiter of which ideas are true. It requires the state to sort good and bad ideologies.”

Angela Wu

“The question of whether religious charities receiving any taxpayer monies are permitted to discriminate in hiring depends on the circumstances. There is no such ambiguity when a religious charity wishes to use public dollars, collected by compulsory taxation, to favor only adherents of its own faith. Such subsidization of tax dollars for religious purposes is an unfair, and arguably unconstitutional, advancement of religion.”

J. Brent Walker

“I remember being taught that the more unbelievable the story, the more we would be rewarded for believing it. That kind of attitude made faith easy.”

Anon.

“If a place can be designated – preferably in outer space – for those who believe they are so holy, their religious 'truths' so absolute, that they cannot cohabit with other faiths then we should all contribute to the creation of a space armada that would shuttle all such purists to that sanctuary.”

Wole Soyinka

“Ten years ago, the vast majority of non-Christians [under 30] had generally favorable views of Christianity. Now, that number stands at just 16%. When asked specifically about Evangelicals, the number are even worse: only 3% of non-Christian Millennials have positive associations with Evangelicals.”

Barna Group (U.S.)