Atheist QOTD

“What kills young women in Africa is not promiscuity, but marriage.”

Nicholas D. Kristof

“If atheism is a religion 'I haven't got one' is a make of car.”

Anon.

“Faith is – by definition – a process that bypasses any need for evidence; it is a psychological mechanism based solely on personal instinct.”

Sam Harris

“In the House of Lords we have the extraordinary situation where religious leaders sit ex officio in the legislature. Only one other country entertains the practice – the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

David Starkey

“Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes.”

Bertrand Russell1872 – 1970