Dan Barker Quotes

“Isn't atheism just another religion?' No, it isn't. Atheism has no creeds, rituals, holy book, absolute moral code, origin myth, sacred spaces or shrines. It has no sin, divine judgment, forbidden words, prayer, worship, prophecy, group privileges, or anointed 'holy' leaders. Atheists don't believe in a transcendent world or supernatural afterlife. Most important, there is no orthodoxy in atheism.”
― Dan Barker, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists

“Even if the world was falling apart, that was no reason to let his appearance and good habits fall apart with it.”
― S.R. Ford, Mimgardr

“But we exist now. We are caring, intelligent animals and can treasure our brief lives. Why is eternal better than temporal, or supernatural "higher" than natural? Doesn't rarity increase value? God is an idea, not a natural creature. Why should his "image" be more valuable than our own "nature?”
― Richard Dawkins, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists