Denis Diderot Quotes

The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking.

The basis of religion is independent of science. Theology, not religion, is the antithesis to science

Miracle comes to the miraculous, not to the arithmetician.

Credo quia absurdum – I believe because it is absurd.

Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God.

It cannot be too often repeated, that truth scorns the assistance of miracle.

There's no point of having faith if you have evidence.

If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural. If we offend the principles of reason our religion will be absurd and ridiculous . . . There are two equally dangerous extremes: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason.

Faith with proof is no faith at all.

Believers who have formulated such proofs [for God's existence] ... would never have come to believe as a result of such proofs

Fear is religion, courage is science.

Without science, everything is a miracle.

Logic and faith don't occupy the same side.

Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.

In the long run, nothing can withstand reason and experience, and the contradiction religion offers to both is palpable.

Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science.

I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.

To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I need indisputable proof of anything I'm asked to believe.

No evidence or proof of the existence of a God has been found in the phenomena of nature, based on experience.