Isaac Asimov Quotes

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

I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense.

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

Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

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

Charles Sumner didn’t believe in the Bible because he didn’t write it.

Revealed religion had no weight with me.

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?

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

I think, living in America, we're so bombarded with God all the time that in certain ways I'm making statements against that bombardment, you know? I think it's crazy. I mean, I don't believe in God. I don't believe in anything. But I still think about it. And I still write about it.

I am an atheist (or at best a Unitarian who winds up in church quite a lot).

What does an atheist scream when they come?

I don't say that I'm an atheist. I don't like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I say I don't know. And if you don't know - and you don't - just man up and say you don't know. Don't turn to silly stories and ancient myths.

The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity does not worry me in the least should suggest to you just how inadequate I think your reasons for being a Christian are.

Atheism thrives on bad religion.

Of religion I know nothing -- at least, in its favor.

What am I supposed to say to an atheist when he sneezes, ah, when you die nothing happens.

I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found.

I don't have enough faith to be an Atheist.

...if you ask me whether or not I'm an atheist, I wouldn't even answer. I would first want an explanation of what it is that I'm supposed not to believe in, and I've never seen an explanation.

I'm atheist because religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches. I can get around perfectly well on my own two feet, and so can everyone else with a backbone and a grain of common sense.

If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.