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| | == Additional atheism quotes== | | == Additional atheism quotes== |
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| − | *"Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain." - [[Ex-atheists|Ex-atheist]] [[Alister McGrath]]<ref>[http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/15-christian-quotes-about-atheism-or-atheists/ 15 Christian Quotes About Atheism Or Atheists]</ref> | + | *"Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain." - [[Ex-atheists|Ex-atheist]] [[Alister McGrath]]<ref name="whatchristianswanttoknow.com">[http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/15-christian-quotes-about-atheism-or-atheists/ 15 Christian Quotes About Atheism Or Atheists]</ref> |
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| | The Christian apologist Tom Gilson, after citing cases where atheists hold to views without sufficient evidence, quotes the prominent atheist [[Thomas Nagel]] who declared: | | The Christian apologist Tom Gilson, after citing cases where atheists hold to views without sufficient evidence, quotes the prominent atheist [[Thomas Nagel]] who declared: |
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| | *"It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian." - Ex-atheist [[Lee Strobel]] | | *"It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian." - Ex-atheist [[Lee Strobel]] |
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| − | Read more: http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/15-christian-quotes-about-atheism-or-atheists/#ixzz4dSQjz97y<ref>[http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/15-christian-quotes-about-atheism-or-atheists/ 15 Christian Quotes About Atheism Or Atheists]</ref> | + | Read more: http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/15-christian-quotes-about-atheism-or-atheists/#ixzz4dSQjz97y<ref name="whatchristianswanttoknow.com"/> |
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| | * "An irreligious man, a speculative or practical atheist, is as a sovereign who voluntarily takes off his crown and declares himself unworthy to reign. - John Stuart Blackie<ref>Blackie, John Stuart (1871). [http://books.google.com/books?id=RDwXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91&dq=an+irreligious+man,+a+speculative+or+practical+atheist ''Four Phases of Morals: Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism''] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), 1892 edition, p. 91. Retrieved from GoogleBooks on February 26, 2015.</ref> | | * "An irreligious man, a speculative or practical atheist, is as a sovereign who voluntarily takes off his crown and declares himself unworthy to reign. - John Stuart Blackie<ref>Blackie, John Stuart (1871). [http://books.google.com/books?id=RDwXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91&dq=an+irreligious+man,+a+speculative+or+practical+atheist ''Four Phases of Morals: Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism''] (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), 1892 edition, p. 91. Retrieved from GoogleBooks on February 26, 2015.</ref> |
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| | == Atheism and death quotes == | | == Atheism and death quotes == |
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| | === Quotes on secular funerals === | | === Quotes on secular funerals === |