The Atheist Blogger

Regular visitors to the blog will have noticed that a few weeks ago I added a random quote generator to the top of the site, which serves an atheist quote every time the page is loaded. The quotes were originally from one of my first blog posts “101 Atheist Quotes“, with the occasional one added in when I find it.

I’ve also recently purchased the book “The Quotable Atheist” which is full of quotes about atheism / religion from popular people, so a few more should be added when I flick through it and find great ones.

The thing is, anyone can make atheist quotes. The popular ones are made by well-known people since they have a massive advantage of getting the quote out in the public domain. Some other popular ones are marked as “anonymous” but logic confirms they must have had some kind of origin. Why should atheist quotes be confined to anonymous people or popular philosophers / thinkers?

Back in May, I asked my forum members to come up with their own atheist quotes, which would be added to the random quote generator on the forums. Now that we’ve got a few I can fulfill my promise, but I’m also going to put them on the main site, and make the thread known to anyone who reads this post. So if anyone can think up any atheist quotes that are original (or witty modifications) please either join the forums and post, or post them in the comments to this article. They will *eventually* be added to the random quote generator with your name (if you give it) or your alias you use here. If you want your name linked to your website, please make it known!

What follows is a collection of the quotes so far added to the random quote generator:

I stopped believing in God the same time I stopped believing in Santa Clause, and for the same reason. - akbar “buffet style theist”

Everything I see around me day-to-day and everything I learn confirms in my mind that there is nothing supernatural going on. - allan175

Saying a supernatural God created the universe has about as much credibility as saying George W. Bush is intelligent. - Nick A.

Someone once said, “Religion is the force that rescued man from barbarism”, which is like saying, “Wall Street rescued mankind from poverty” - Neowolfe

Following a religion is like using someone else’s character in a game of D&D. It works until you realize that you could have done a better job creating it yourself. - oliver

If God cared enough to want me to care, he should tell me. - oliver

And finally a few of my own:

Believers claim that atheists are cold and empty inside, and yet the same people claim that the only reason we are good is because some almighty being made us that way. To me, that seems pretty cold and empty.

Claiming Evolution led to the Holocaust is akin to claiming that gravity is responsible for every single war. Without gravity, bullets wouldn’t fly, and bombs wouldn’t drop, so please stop your incredulous claims that a fact of nature is responsible when it was clearly the work of men.

Religion is faith without the need for knowledge. Science is knowledge without the need for faith.

Do you have your own atheist quote? Here is your chance to have it seen on the home page of this blog!

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