The term “atheist” describes a person who does not believe that God or a divine being exists. Worldwide there may be as many as a billion atheists, although social stigma, political pressure, and intolerance make accurate polling difficult.
By Madison S. Hughes (08.24.2009)
One may only look forward to the day that Antitheists realize the long overdue humanitarian need to eradicate the malignancies of religion that blight mankind, with the ultimate day seeing the world consign religion to its rightful place in the dark ages of history, for it deserves no less.
If you’re an atheist, there are people out there in America–sincere, devout Christians–who want to kill you.They may be your neighbors. They may be your coworkers. They may even be members of your own family. […] The extremism among America’s conservatives is growing, not shrinking, and the threat they pose to their neighbors is also growing.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
In the ordinary man, injustice rouses a passionate desire for vengeance; . . . where there is a great deal of pride and vanity, there also will there be a great desire of vengeance.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
Hope is the result of confusing the desire that something should take place with the probability that it will.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with riches. The poor man is restrained by poverty and need: labor occupies his thoughts, and takes the place of knowledge. But rich men who are ignorant live for their lusts only, and are like the beasts of the field; as may be seen every day: and they can also be reproached for not having used wealth and leisure for that which gives them their greatest value.
Atheist do not ‘believe’ there is no god, they conclude on the basis of fact and logic that there is none. This has nothing to do with belief whatsoever.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
The wise man will, above all, strive after freedom from pain and annoyance, quiet and leisure, consequently a tranquil, modest life, with as few encounters as may be; and so, after a little experience of his so-called fellow-men, he will elect to live in retirement, or even, if he is a man of great intellect, in solitude. For the more a man has in himself, the less he will want from other people—the less, indeed, other people can be to him. This is why a high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Ph.D., German Philosopher, Atheist
A large endowment of intellect tends to estrange the man who has it from other people and their doings; for the more a man has in himself, the less he will be able to find in them; and the hundred things in which they take delight, he will think shallow and insipid.
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