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Magellan, Ferdinand
"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."

Marlowe, Christopher
"I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance."

Marx, Karl
"Religion is the opiate of the masses."

McKown, Delos B.
"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike."

McQueen, Butterfly
"I'm an atheist, and Christianity appears to me to be the most absurd
imposture of all the religions, and I'm puzzled that so many people can't see through a religion that encourages irresponsibility and bigotry."
[Quoted in "2000 Years of Disbelief, Famous People with the Courage to Doubt", by James A. Haught, Prometheus Books, 1996]

Mencken, H. L.
"Puritanism- The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

Morgan, Donald
"Atheist: A person who believes in one less god than you do."

"Theologian: An uncommon individual who, though possessing finite abilities, has been called by God himself who, though possessing infinite abilities, requires the assistance of the former in explaining Himself to the rest of us."
[Translation: if God existed, theologians would be out of work.]"

"Jesus' last words on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" hardly seem like the words of a man who planned it that way. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure there is something wrong here."

Morris, H. M.
"Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism,
racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all
manner of anti-Christian systems of belief and practice."
[The Remarkable Birth of Planet Earth, San Diego, Creation-Life Publishers, 1972]

Moynihan, Patrick
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but NOT their own facts."

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