"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
Seneca the Younger
"It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so."
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.."
Thomas Jefferson
"…the individual organism is a very important unit in the hierarchy of life…But however unitary and discrete an individual wolf or buffalo may be, the package is temporary and unique. (pp. 216-217)…"Abraham was left in no doubt that the future lay with his seed, not his individuality. God knew his Darwinism."
Richard Dawkins
"Science offers us an explanation of how complexity (the difficult) arose out of simplicity (the easy). The hypothesis of God offers no worthwhile explanation for anything, for it simply postulates what we are trying to explain."