Madalyn Murray O'Hair Quotes

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

An Atheists loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist thinks that heaven is something for which we should work for now - here on earth - for all men together to enjoy.

There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms eat you.

The fear of hell is the basis for the Christian faith.

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

... religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches.

You hate me because I am the embodiment of all your doubts.

I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.

This crusade to separate church and state is only one expression of my raison d'être. I'm an atheist, but I'm also an anarchist, and a feminist, and an integrationist.

Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.

One could call this a postnatal abortion on the part of a mother, I guess; I repudiate him entirely and completely for now and all times. . . . He is beyond human forgiveness.

Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition.

An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.

Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities, nor can there be any. Nature simply exists.

Atheists have an excellent longevity record because we have no place to go after we die, so we take good care of ourselves and our world while we are here.

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs.

Ill tell you, Mr. Thomas, why some Christians are afraid of me. They're not sure that what they believe is really true. If they were sure, I wouldn't be a threat to them at all.

I'd describe myself as a sexual libertarian - but I'm not a libertine. "To each his own" is my motto.

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

Legality can't create love if it isn't there, or preserve it if it's dying, but it can destroy love by making it compulsory.

The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy.

Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is.

Religion is induced insanity.

Do you know anybody who's come back with a firsthand report on heaven? If you do, let me know. Until then, you'll pardon me if I don't buy it.

I don't care whether I succeed or whether I fail as long as I am trying. I hope that I succeed.

I don't feel that people should glom onto other people. I feel that relationships should be nice and easy and convenient and happy and not strictured with legality or jealousy.

I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.

The agnostic is gutless and prefers to keep one safe foot in the god camp.

I can't pinpoint a period in history or a place in the universe where religion has actually helped the welfare of man.

Well, we are men. Let's start acting like it.

Organizing atheists is like hurding cats

I hate to disappoint my haters, but I'm not the least bit interested in being a man. I'm perfectly satisfied with the female role.

As a matter of fact. I think I actually frighten men. I think I scare the hell out of them time after time.

Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become a total person.

I don't think the Church has ever contributed anything to anybody, anyplace, at any time.

I do know the Bible very well from a Protestant point of view - which is what, along with my reason, entitles me to refute it. You can't rationally reject something until you know all about it.

There are good, humanitarian people everywhere - occasionally even in the Church.

I'm thrilled to feel that I can rely on myself totally and absolutely; that my children are being brought up so that when they meet a problem they can't cop out by foisting it off on God.

I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical figure at all.

Words divorced from action supporting them are meaningless and hypocritical.