“We must acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system – with all these exalted powers – Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.”
Charles Darwin1809 – 1882
“Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.”
Mark Twain1835 – 1910
“I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.”
“His defence boiled down to this 'I am a Catholic priest, I've taken a vow of poverty, and child-support laws can't touch me'”
William Lobdell
“Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.”
Sigmund Freud1856 – 1939