Alfred Jules Ayer Quotes

I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.

Rather than say he's an atheist, a friend of mine says, 'I'm a tooth fairy agnostic,' meaning he can't disprove God but thinks God is about as likely as the tooth fairy.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

I'm an atheist, and I don't believe in ghosts.

You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God.

Our English language really says if you're not a theist, the only alternative is to be an atheist. What I'm trying to do is develop a language that will enable us to talk about God beyond the, what I think, are sterile categories of theism and atheism.

I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter.

Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God.

The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism.

What people are really after is, what is my stance on religion or spirituality or God? And I would say, if I find a word that came closest, it would be agnostic.

I'm an agnostic in the truest sense of the word. I think about these things - I grew up Roman Catholic, I've been interested in Hinduism, in Eastern religions, but I'm not dedicated to anything - I go through periods where I think maybe it's all nonsense; maybe it's 'The Matrix...' I'm open to various ideas.

We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism.

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

I don't believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods.

Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.

You seem much too intelligent to believe in God.

I don't believe in angels, and I'm not a religious person.

I didn't say there's nothing out there, but there certainly isn't any God.

Naturalism is a counterpart to theism. Theism says there's the physical world and God. Naturalism says there's only the natural world. There are no spirits, no deities, or anything else.

I'm not religious. I'm not an atheist. Would I say I'm an agnostic? Possibly. But I would say the collective unconscious is something I'm much more interested in.

People who believe in God are happier than those who don't.

I don't think I have any particular problem with God.

Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism.