Quotes of people born on this date.
Elizabeth Montgomery {1933}
“I think of God as the beauty in life. … It’s loving and being loved. It’s feeling good inside because you are living the life of a good person. Maybe it’s a good idea to try to start new ways of looking at the subject.”
—Montgomery in “Twitch Upon A Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery” by Herbie Pilato (2012)
Thomas Szasz (1920)
"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
—Szasz, "The Second Sin" (1973)
Emma Thompson (1959)
"I'm an atheist; I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qu'ran, and I refute them."
"I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century is insufficient, to put it mildly. I feel quite strongly that we need a new moral lodestone if we can't rely on what is inside our own selves."
—Thompson, "Acting on outspoken beliefs," The Australian, Oct. 15, 2008
Emile Durkheim (1858)
“Religious force is nothing other than the collective and anonymous force of the clan.”
—Durkheim, "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" (1912)
A. Philip Randolph (1889)
“Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.”
—Randolph, from the mission statement of his magazine, The Messenger
Freedom From Religion Foundation.
“I think of God as the beauty in life. … It’s loving and being loved. It’s feeling good inside because you are living the life of a good person. Maybe it’s a good idea to try to start new ways of looking at the subject.”
—Montgomery in “Twitch Upon A Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery” by Herbie Pilato (2012)
Thomas Szasz (1920)
"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
—Szasz, "The Second Sin" (1973)
Emma Thompson (1959)
"I'm an atheist; I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qu'ran, and I refute them."
"I think that the Bible as a system of moral guidance in the 21st century is insufficient, to put it mildly. I feel quite strongly that we need a new moral lodestone if we can't rely on what is inside our own selves."
—Thompson, "Acting on outspoken beliefs," The Australian, Oct. 15, 2008
Emile Durkheim (1858)
“Religious force is nothing other than the collective and anonymous force of the clan.”
—Durkheim, "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" (1912)
A. Philip Randolph (1889)
“Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.”
—Randolph, from the mission statement of his magazine, The Messenger
Freedom From Religion Foundation.
