2751 "The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all price, all self-confidence of spirit; it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation..." [Nietzsche]

440 "The sensible man leaves the future world [hereafter] out of consideration." -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

2763 "Is man one of God's blunders, or is God one of man's blunders?" [Nietzsche]

600 "The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in Heaven for cash down." -- R.G. Ingersoll

587 "Religion is sort of like a lift in your shoes. If it makes you feel better, fine. Just don't ask me to wear your shoes." -- George Carlin

3755 "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." --Dr. Seuss

1420 "In his book, Spare the Child: The Religious Roots of Punishment and the Psychological Impact of Physical Abuse, Philip Greven (1992), a professor of history at Rutgers University, says that the roots of America's unusally angry, violent, and crime-ridden society lie in the country's Judeo-Christian heritage. Greven examines cases of childhood punishment and the rationales for physical punishment among those with strong Protestant conviction. The latter usually boil down to the belief that it is necessary for parents to break the will of their children to gain their respect and obedience. In reality, he says physical assault only breeds rage and hostility, with negative outcomes." Marlene Winell, Leaving the Fold (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 1993), p. 126.

1611 "I told [new Christian Coalition president] Don Hodel when he joined us, I said, 'My dear friend, I want to hold out to you the possibility of selecting the next president of the United States because I think that's what we have in this organization. And I believe we can indeed." Pat Robertson, Sept 13., 1997

129 "Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifiying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity." -- Thomas Paine (The Age of Reason)

651 "Is god willing to prevent evil but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him god?" - Epicurus (341-270 BCE)

1833 Jesus is coming! Wear your rubbers!

1215 "We do not know how the Creator created, [or] what processes He used, for he used processes which are not now operating anywhere in the natural universe. This is why we refer to creation as special creation. We cannot discover by scientific investigation anything about the creative processes used by the Creator." Duane Gish, Evolution? The Fossils Say No!, (1985), p. 42.

429 "The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities." -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)

3303 "A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live." [Voltaire]

936 "In clinical studies children who are spanked tend to INCREASE the offending behavior as opposed to children who are otherwise disciplined. It's not effective. It leads to fascist tendencies and bad behavior. I do not physically punish my children (this also teaches them it's right to beat smaller weaker people) this does not mean I treat them as equals in fact most people who know me consider me rather strict. A spanking is a lazy parent's way out."

3384 "To build one house for man is better than to build a dozen houses to God." [Lemuel K. Washburn, _Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays_]

72 "A very strong case can be made that many of the steadfastly-religiously-convinced are actually mentally ill. The pleasant escape from reality that they so often indulge in is no more than the escape psychotics experience when they seek refuge from reality in a delusional dreamworld of imaginary beliefs." -- DSM III-R

2549 "Beliefs, including religious ones, are learned. Which makes atheism a normal state of affairs and religious beliefs a learned "abnormality". No psychological theory is necessary to explain the causes of a normal base state. Any psychological theory of learning, attitude change or socialisation can explain the causes of religious belief." [Rosemary Lyndall, clinical Neuro-psychologist]

2475 "Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief." [James Russell Lowell, Literary Essays, Witchcraft]

2196 "Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion." [Elbert Hubbard]