Daily quotes

[Creed of Heresy]

Here is a quote that I as a humanist take after quite closely and it's something to always consider. This is from "2000 years of Disbelief: Famous People With the Courage to Doubt," written by none other than Isaac Asimov himself.

"I certainly don't believe in the mythologies of our society, in heaven and hell, in God and angels, in Satan and demons. I've thought of myself as an ´atheist,´ but that simply described what I didn't believe in, not what I did. Gradually, though, I became aware there was a movement called ´humanism,´ which used that name because, to put it most simply, humanists believe that human beings produced the progressive advance of human society and also the ills that plague it. They believe that if the ills are to be alleviated, it is humanity that will have to do the job. They disbelieve in the influence of the supernatural on either the good or the bad of society."

From his book Nightfall:

"So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe."

And some random quotes attributed to him:

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."

"I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse."

And perhaps one of the most meaningful things he ever said, from his book "Free Inquiry":

"Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism."