Atheists: What are you favorite quotes about religion?

Answer 1

"I don't believe in god because it's impossible for a being to be what god must be in order to be a god without being obvious and undeniable."

In other words, god is a philosophical impossibility.

Answer 2

"If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time." --Bertrand Russell

"But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder!" --Homer Simpson

Answer 3

To save me having to quote an entire book, let me just say:

Also Spract Zarathustra

(Thus Spoke Zarathustra)

Answer 4

Not any man can speak the word of God
-Van Halen-

The truth is just an excuse for a lack of imagination
-Garrick-

Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone
-A wise, greatly misinterperated and ignored man-

Answer 5

"As long as people continue to believe in absurdities, people will continue to commit atrocities"
Voltair (I think)

"" It is, of course, taboo to criticize a person’s religious beliefs. The problem, however, is that much of what people believe in the name of religion is intrinsically divisive, unreasonable and incompatible with genuine morality. One of the worst things about religion is that it tends to separate questions of right and wrong from the living reality of human and animal suffering. Consequently, religious people will devote immense energy to so-called moral problems—such as gay marriage—where no real suffering is at issue, AND THEY WILL HAPPILY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SURPLUS OF HUMAN MISERY IF IT SERVES THEIR RELIGOUS BELIEFS. "
Sam Harris

Answer 6

"If one person believes nonsense, it's a delusion. If a lot of people do, it's a religion." (Paraphrased, from Mark Twain, if memory serves.)

Answer 7

"Religion is the opiate of the masses", Karl Marx

Answer 8

If an all powerful God won't speak for himself all writing in his name should not be accepted as fact.

Me...

Answer 9

Get this:

Jesus Wept.

Shortest verse in the bible and the one that is the most honest. Of course he wept.

Answer 10

"A fool and his money are soon parted."