Prayer vs. Work

"The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail"
- Gustaf Lindborg

Burden of proof

"If god doesn't like the way I live, Let him tell me, not you.""
-Unknown

Pascal and House

"Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions"
- Blaise Pascal

Terry Prachet and Science vs. Faith

"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it."
- Terry Pratchett

Nietzsche and Ghostbusters

" Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?"
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Richard Lederer

(http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/frdq8/true_story/)

"There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages."
-Richard Lederer (Anguished English)

Thomas Jefferson

"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

Non-prophet

"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"
-Stephen Roberts

The Last supper (with science)

(http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/f2izb/the_last_supper_featuring_all_the_usual_suspects/)

Douglas Adams

Today's quote comes from a great writer, Douglas Adams. For those unaware of the writings by Douglas Adams, he wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk' Gently Holistic Detective Agency along with many others. To learn more about Douglas Adams visit, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams

"Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for."
-Douglas Adams (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams)

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism

Atheism, from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), literally means "without gods," referring to those who rejected the existence of the Greek pantheon. In modern context, atheism can represent several different viewpoints, which are listed here in order of most consensus:

1. A lack of belief in gods. 2. A disbelief in gods. 3. A belief in no gods.

Notice that there is no inherent relationship between atheism and a religion. A person can be both atheist and religious, provided that he or she believes in a religion that does not have any deities, such as some forms of Buddhism.

What about agnosticism?

Agnosticism (from the Greek - a (without) gnosis (knowledge)) is a claim concerning itself with knowledge, or rather, the lack of knowledge. Someone who claims that they are agnostic when it comes to gods is simply stating that they don't know or cannot possibly know.

A common objection to atheism is the following argument:

"How can you call yourself atheist? You can't possibly know for sure, therefore you're agnostic!" This statement or variations thereof has been self-posted on /r/atheism countless times.

The key difference between these two notions is the difference between knowledge and belief. While it is impossible to "know" for certain whether gods exist or not, that does not mean that one is prevented from evaluating the probability of a god's existence and making a "belief" conclusion from that.

What is most important to note is that atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. One can be an agnostic atheist, also called a "weak" atheist, or a gnostic atheist, also called a "strong" atheist (see below). Agnosticism and atheism make completely different claims regarding completely different levels of cognition. The majority of atheists freely admit that while they cannot "know" for certain that a god exists, they choose to "believe" it doesn't -- based on the lack of evidence, unlikelihood of the claim, disbelief in magic/supernatural beings, et cetera.

-(http://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/atheism)

First Post

This is the first post on a blog which I hope has many more posts to come. Here I shall paste many quotes, links, pictures, and other such things which promote Atheism to those who already are Atheists as well as those who still subscribe to the old superstition known as religion.

Today's quote comes from Richard Dawkins, a prominent evolutionary biologist and atheist.
"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here."
(http://richarddawkins.net/articles/91-to-live-at-all-is-miracle-enough)

For more quotes and information from Richard Dawkins please visit his website, http://richarddawkins.net/