It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.

By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.

God has no religion.

The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.

Since only what is material is perceptible, knowable, nothing is known of the existence of God.

To me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle. The witch doctor tries to convince us that we have to ask God for help, to spell out to him what we need, even to bribe him with prayer or cash on the line.