He has been called an atheist, but atheist he was not.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
Kontext: He has been called an atheist, but atheist he was not. Paine believed in a supreme intelligence, as representing the idea which other men often express by the name of deity.
His Bible was the open face of nature, the broad skies, the green hills. He disbelieved the ancient myths and miracles taught by established creeds. But the attacks on those creeds — or on persons devoted to them — have served to darken his memory, casting a shadow across the closing years of his life.
When Theodore Roosevelt termed Tom Paine a "dirty little atheist" he surely spoke from lack of understanding. It was a stricture, an inaccurate charge of the sort that has dimmed the greatness of this eminent American. But the true measure of his stature will yet be appreciated. The torch which he handed on will not be extinguished.
„Kdyby nebyl Bůh, nebyli by ateisté.“
„Jenom ateista může být dobrým křesťanem, jenom křesťan může být dobrým ateistou.“
Zdroj: [Kohl, Jiří G., Věřící a nevěřící, getsemany.cz, 2014-03-14, http://www.getsemany.cz/book/export/html/2748]
„Já jsem ateista, ale jsem katolík.“
Originál: (en) Je suis athée, mais je suis catholique.
Zdroj: [Kervégan, Jean-François, 2002, Crise et pensée de la crise en droit. Weimar, sa république et ses juristes, ENS Editions, 117, angličtina, 978-2-84788-002-1]
„Jsem ateista, zaplať pánbůh.“
Zdroj: [Koukolík, František, O lidech a životě, Editor nakladatelství Lubomír Houdek, 1, Galén, Praha, 2018, Makropulos, Ateisté, 32, 978-80-7492-368-5]
Chybí zdroj
„Těžko, přetěžko je být na Zemi ateistou.“
Zdroj: [Vácha, Marek, Šestá cesta, Cesta, Brno, 2004, 80-7295-061-4]
Originál: (it) Mazzini non fu né un uomo di Stato, né un filosofo. Fu un mistico. Chiunque vive non per se stesso, ma per gli altri, è un mistico anche se è ateo.
Zdroj: [GIUSEPPE MAZZINI, filosofico.net, 2017-04-30, http://www.filosofico.net/giuseppemazzini.htm]
