Non-Theistic Quotes

The term that best describes me now is 'secular humanist.'

I'd describe myself as a Christian who doesn't believe in God.

Freedom of religion has been replaced by freedom from religion.

I'm not a religious person by any means.

I cannot mislead people into believing that I support organized religion. In Jesus' name, I cannot be complicit with many of the things organized religion does.

Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.

Incidentally, I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the great science fiction writer and biochemist Dr. Isaac Asimov. John Updike, who is religious, says I talk more about God than any seminarian. Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ.

Atheists are pious people.

A mere society form of Atheism.

Japanese society doesn't have a god - no absolute presence.

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.

Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one's own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind.

I'm not a religious person; I'm not even, like, a spiritual person.

In my godless household, poems were the closest we came to sacred speech -- the only prayers said.

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

I don't want people to think I believe in God.

I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.

Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy.

Anti-clericalism and non-belief, have their bigots just as orthodoxy does.

Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.

The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.

My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel, or devil is going to interfere with its course; and this assumption has been justified by such success as I have achieved in my professional career. I should therefore be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world.

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

In the best atheist sense of the word, I feel blessed.

I consider myself a spiritual atheist. I certainly believe there are forces bigger than ourselves, and that we should be searching, individually, for meaning in our lives. But I don't believe there's a supreme being, an intelligence that created everything.