What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody had the smallest idea what was going on.

In fact, 'atheist' is a term that should not even exist.

Name me an ethical statement made or an action performed by a believer that could not have been made or performed by a non-believer.

One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human prehistory...

Those who offer false consolation are false friends.

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god.

Clearly, it is not the lovelorn sufferer who seeks solace in religion... it is the witch doctor.

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything