Ali Sina I am often asked, Why I left Islam? As absurd as it may be, some Muslims cannot even allow themselves to think that leaving Islam is an option, or even possible. They rather think that those who leave Islam are paid Jewish agents than accept the fact that people have freedom to think…
JBS Haldane When I say that I am a materialist I mean that I believe in the following statements: 1. Events occur which are not perceived by any mind. 2. There were unperceived events before there were any minds. And I also believe, though this is not a necessary logical deduction from the former…
P L Rao Image Courtesy: creations.blogspot.com “Why I am a rationalist?” Each time someone asks me this question, it sets me thinking: “Is it a right question?” As human beings, we are gifted with a brain largest among all species, which has been tremendously researched upon and according to this, the left side of…
Ramesh Nagaragere Like any child born into a middle class, upper caste family in India I was also part of the traditional ways of thinking and living, but with a touch of liberalism. I was initiated to be a dwija (twice born) at a very young age as it happens in the case of most…
The Rational Habit Of Mind Is A Rare One Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) I am, in this age when there are a great many appeals to unreason, an unrepentant Rationalist. I have been a Rationalist ever since I can remember, and I do not propose to cease to be so whatever appeals to unreason…
Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh (1907-1931) [Bhagat Singh wrote Why I am an Atheist while he was spending days in a condemned cell in 1931. In this pamphlet he discusses and advocates the philosophy of atheism. This pamphlet was a result of some criticism by fellow revolutionaries on his failure to acknowledge religion and God while…