Quotes - Page M
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."