Peter Atkins

Quotes

• “The challenge of elucidating living processes -- including consciousness and all its baggage which we bundle together as...”
• “Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one [a god]. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that th...”
• “[Religious belief is] outmoded and ridiculous. [Belief in gods was a] worn out but once useful crutch in mankind's journ...”
• “My aim is to argue that the universe can come into existence without intervention, and that there is no need to invoke t...”
• “It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and be a t...”
• “I regard teaching religion as purveying lies.”