Fervid atheism is usually a screen for repressed religion.
Atheism Quotes
Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to the acknowledgement of a divine power.
At the age of eighteen… I read Mill’s Autobiography, where I found a sentence to the effect that his father taught him that the question ‘Who made me?’ cannot be answered, since it immediately suggests the further question ‘Who made God?’. This led me to abandon the ‘First Cause’ argument, and to become an atheist. […]
It is an interesting view of atheism, as a sort of “crutch” for those who can’t stand the reality of God.
I go to atheist church. We have crippled guys who stand up and testify that they were crippled, and they still are.
My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image to be servants of their human interests.
Thank you, but I’m afraid I can’t accept your compliment. (a fan of Babylon 5 told Straczynski that he was God) You see, I’m an atheist, so if I’m also God, that would mean that I don’t believe in myself, and at this point in my life, I don’t need the added insecurity.
Over the years I realized the god I prayed to was the god I invented. When I was talking to him, I was talking to myself. He had no understanding or qualities that I did not have. When I realized god was an extension of my imagination, I stopped praying to him.
I try to be an atheist, but it’s very hard. God is what makes you aspire beyond yourself, aspire incredibly… God is the Sistine Chapel, the Ninth Symphony, God is Bach and the Prado Museum! And this is what I’ve tried to show in my work.
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
