When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time read more

When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say read more

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our read more

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.

Jesters do oft prove prophets

Jesters do oft prove prophets

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back

I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.