"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him."
"Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?"
Arthur C. Clarke, author
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"My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn't believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I'm agnostic."
-Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author
2007-05-09 10:01:14 · 14 answers · asked by Malcolm Knoxville VI 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say that one is an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow it was better to say one was a humanist or agnostic. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect that he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time."
"Creationists make it sound like a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night"
-Isaac Asimov, Russian-born - American author
2007-05-09 10:01:40 · update #1
I just posted the above to illustrate my question; no need to choose from them.
Carl Sagan WAS an Atheist; read carefully.
2007-05-09 10:18:11 · update #2
While not necessarily an atheist, but a secular humanist, I love these quotes by Gene Roddenberry
"I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will--and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all."
"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."
and of course, Robert G Ingersoll
"An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures. Certainly he ought not so to act that laws become necessary to keep him from being laughed at. No one thinks of protecting Shakespeare from ridicule, by the threat of fine and imprisonment."
2007-05-09 16:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here's a list I adore:
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Albert Einstein
Voltaire
Carl Sagan (wowzer!)
Dick Cavett
Dan Barker
Bill Maher
Rep. Pete Stark
Penn Jillette (& Teller)
2007-05-09 10:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Flying Spaghetti Monster! RAmen!
(or were we suppoed to choose from the above?)
p.s. agnostics and atheists are different. I love carl sagan.
2007-05-09 10:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by kermit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bertrand Russell.
2007-05-09 10:06:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with Carl Sagan.
2007-05-09 10:09:04 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
from the list you gave : Arthur C. Clarke
2007-05-09 10:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I love Isaac Asimov! :D
2007-05-09 10:07:40 · answer #7 · answered by Matichel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Carl is my hero, even wrote a song about him
2007-05-09 10:13:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Richard Dawkins of course!
2007-05-09 10:12:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Douglas Adams without question.
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
2007-05-09 10:07:06 · answer #10 · answered by The Bog Nug 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋