1761 "Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous." [David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature (1739)]

304 "Life is like a 10-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use." -- Charles Schulz

695 "There's no more proof for the existence of God than there is for the existence of the Easter Bunny. That's right. The Easter Bunny."

2949 "Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are God." [Jean Rostand (1894-1977) French biologist, writer]

3137 "Suppose we've chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we're just making him madder and madder" [Homer Simpson's version of Pascal's Wager, "The Simpsons"]

867 "(Snoopy to Woodstock) And sometimes they worshiped cats! Can you believe it? They put little gold collars on them and they built cat shrines and everything! Then, one day they decided to worship something better than cats. They decided to worship rocks!" -- Peanuts by Schultz 12/7/97

2356 "It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulites in explaining the origin of man, in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution." [Pope John Paul II, April 16, 1986]

2338 "Consequently, in the name of God Almighty, by the authority of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, and by our Own, We reprove and condemn this Charter [the Magna Carta]; under pain of anathema We forbid the King to observe it or the barons to demand its execution. We declare the Charter null and of no effect, as well as all the obligations contracted to confirm it. It is Our wish that in no case should it have any effect." [Pope Innocent III (1161-1216)]

966 "'God' so to speak is the crutch of 33% of the world population. It is symbolic for the ignorance that perpetuates like the worst thought contagion known to man. Only people who are strong-willed or lucky enough to not be born into such a disease escape it's grasps."

1494 "Reason is not one tool of thought among many, it is the entire toolbox. To advocate that reason be discarded in some circumstances is to advocate that thinking be discarded- which leaves one in the position of attempting to do a job after throwing away the required instrument." George Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1989), p. 110.

1726 "I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States." [Thomas Edison]

3677 "God is a divider, not a uniter."

2610 "The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries and then went roistering down the highways of the world, proving to all men that doubt, after all, was safe--that the god in the sanctuary was finite in his power and hence a fraud. One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent." [H.L. Mencken]

727 "You know you're getting old when you bend down to pick up something off the floor, and before you straighten up you ask yourself, 'Is there anything else I can do while I'm down here?'."

325 "If *every*thing is a high priority, then nothing is"

3557 "If the lord had meant us to have faith, he'd have given us lobotomies." [Zlatko]

2496 "Men have broad and large chests, and small narrow hips, and more understanding than women, who have but small and narrow breasts, and broad hips, to the end they should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children." [Martin Luther, Table Talk]

527 "Definition of a computer: A device designed to speed up and automate errors."

538 "Error! No mouse detected. Click here to continue."

424 "Heaven might be defined as a place men avoid." -- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Excursions, 1863