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Faith or religion should not be respected to the extent that they peddle lies and deception, and fuel division, and hatred and intolerance.

— Leo Igwe An Interview with Dr. Leo Igwe — Founder, Nigerian Humanist Movement (2017)

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One of the ways Islamic fundamentalists have demonstrated their moral backwardness, bankruptcy and ignorance is through gross human rights violations.

The darkest part of the night precedes the dawn. So there is no need to despair for humanity in Africa. There is every reason to be optimistic and hopeful.

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Dare to think. Dare to doubt. Dare to question everything in spite of what the superstitious around you teach and preach.

A Manifesto for a Skeptical Africa (2012)

History has thrust on us this critical responsibility which we must fulfill.

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Human beings are social beings with or without religion.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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