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I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people.

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

I can never join Calvin in addressing his god. He was indeed an Atheist, which I can never be; or rather his religion was Daemonism. If ever man worshipped a false god, he did.

I cannot say my yes to legends that have been clearly and fancifully created. If I could not move my search beyond angelic messengers, empty tombs, and ghostlike apparitions, I could not say yes to Easter.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.

I caught the preacher making love to Sister Mary Lou. God's gonna getcha for that.

I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.

I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.

I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

I consider Christianity to be one of the great disasters of the human race... It would be impossible to imagine anything more un - Christianlike than theology.

I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.

I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.

I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.

I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.

I do not know what we should do without the pulpit. We could better spare the sun-the moon, anyway.

I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.

I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.

I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.

I don't believe in atheists.

I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life - the only thing I know to exist - to be wasted.

I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be.

I don't think Christians should use birth control. You consummate your marriage as often as you like - and if you have babies, you have babies.

I don't know whether you have any rights before you're born. All I know is that being born again doesn't entitle you to twice as many.

I don't know a more irreligious attitude, one more utterly bankrupt of any human content, than one which permits childred to be destroyed.

I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.

I don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.

I don't talk people into the Kingdom, I listen them into it!

I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.

I don't think there is a need for an entity like God in my life.

I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.

I do occasionally envy the person who is religious naturally, without being brainwashed into it or suckered into it by all the organized hustles.

I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.

I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

I even agree that the concept of god helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don't ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives.

I'd rather be a born-once hog than a born-again Christian any day.

If a religion does not teach love, respect, and regard for others, it cannot be the religion of humanity.

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances may suggest.

If any spirit created the universe, it is malevolent, not benevolent.

If atheism is a religion, then off is a TV channel and bald is a hair colour.