50 Quotes About Scepticism

The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it, with its skeptical protocols, is the pathway to a dark age.

A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.

To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake.

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

It seems to me that they only seem to mention things in the Bible that are within a 5 mile radius of the guy writing it.

There are no ghosts. Belief in ghosts is a backward idea, a superstition and a sign of cowardice. This is a matter of common sense today among people.