I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap your fingers and it's over.

You can cite a hundred references to show that the biblical God is a bloodthirsty tyrant, but if they can dig up two or three verses that say "God is love" they will claim that you are taking things out of context!

I'm proud to be an atheist - it helps me stand for so much more and fall for so much less.

There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments against a god, no agreement among believers about the nature or moral principles of a god, and no need for a god. We can live happy, moral, productive lives without such belief, and we can do it better.

Most Christians are afraid that people will think for themselves; most atheists are afraid that they won’t.

It is wrong for a secular government to promote prayer. We think the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. What if the president declared a National Day of Cursing God because He failed us on September 11? Americans would say, "You've overstepped your authority." That's how we feel when he promotes prayer.

Atheists are suffering from bad PR. What if Sesame Street had an atheist character?