“Why, I can't help wondering, is God thought to need such ferociousdefence? One might have supposed him amply capable of lookingafter himself.”
More from Richard Dawkins on Faith
“Either blasphemy is a victimless crime or its victim is powerful enough to take care of himself without any help from you.”
“Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.”
“Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.”
“God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.”
“We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.”
“All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation.”
“Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.”
“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
Others on Faith
Elizabeth George
30 quotes“Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity to illustrate your faith in God.”
Saint Augustine
27 quotes“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.”
John Piper
27 quotes“All heroes are shadows of Christ”
Billy Graham
26 quotes“The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
24 quotes“When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available w...”
Rick Warren
24 quotes“Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.”
A.W. Tozer
22 quotes“A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.”
John Calvin
21 quotes“There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.”
Charles Spurgeon
20 quotes“It is not great counts God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.”
C.S. Lewis
17 quotes“Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.”
Max Lucado
17 quotes“God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.”
Joel Osteen
16 quotes“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”