W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.

It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.

I'm not an atheist. I do have faith in God. I do not judge people for their faith. I judge people who use religion to hurt people. I don't believe in a religion that shuns people for their beliefs, or that you should hurt people for their beliefs.

In the past 10,000 years, humans have devised roughly 100,000 religions based on roughly 2,500 gods. So the only difference between myself and the believers is that I am skeptical of 2,500 gods whereas they are skeptical of 2,499 gods. We're only one God away from total agreement.

I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I neither deny nor accept that there is a God... So I do not laugh at people who believe in God. But I do not necessarily believe in God - nor deny that there could be one.

Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.

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.

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.

My father was an agnostic.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

We all know that those who instigate those doubts are the enemies of God, the enemies of religion and the enemies of all humanity. Their hearts are full of hatred.

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

I consider myself a religious person, but when it comes to God and faith, I don't know. I guess that means I'm agnostic.

That's true that I'm "not religious as that term is conventionally understood," though I've never been an atheist. Atheism is an active faith; it says, "I believe there is no God." But I don't know what I believe. I was brought up a Lutheran in Jamestown, North Dakota. I have trouble with faith. I'm not proud of this. I don't think it makes me an intellectual. I would believe if I could, and I may be able to before it's over. I would welcome that.

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.

I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. I am not that wise, but neither do I consider there to be anything approaching adequate evidence for such a god. Why are you in such a hurry to make up your mind? Why not simply wait until there is compelling evidence?

It is characteristic of theistic "tolerance" that no one really cares what the people believe in, just so they believe or pretend to believe.

I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

Saying that you don't believe in magic but do believe in god is a bit like saying you don't have sex with dogs, except labradors.