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“Sadly, atheists are becoming everything they aren't supposed to be: obnoxious, oppressive, loud, pushy, smug, condescending and annoying. Since when did the definition of atheism become "an anti-re...”
“One night I summoned God, if He really existed, to show Himself to me. He didn't, and I never addressed another word to Him. In my heart of hearts I was very glad He didn't exist. I should have hat...”
“Alone: for the first time I understood the terrible significance of that word. Alone without a witness, without anyone to speak to, without refuge. The breath in my body, the blood in my veins, all...”
“It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.”
“In general, if we leave out the atheistic fraction of world population that possesses no notable optimistic or positive Qualia of God, the majority of the human species possesses a beneficial Quali...”
“When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the brains of man, they will no long...”
“How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been forced to vegetate in his primitive s...”
“Sarah Palin appears to have no testable core conviction except the belief (which none of her defenders denies that she holds, or at least has held and not yet repudiated) that the end of days and t...”
“If god is the root cause for our degradation destroy that god. If it is religion destroy it. If it is Manu Darma, Gita, or any other Mythology (Purana), burn them to ashes. If it is temple, tank, o...”
“Our beliefs affect our behavior towards others. And that makes ourbeliefs, not just a personal question, but an ethical one.”
“Mankind will never know peace until the last politician is strangled to death with the entrails of the last priest.”
“Fundamentalism of any kind, be it religious, atheistic, political or educational, is the greatest threat to human excellence it is a threat to progress it is a threat to greatness.”
“There is neither a Heaven nor a Hell. Life after Death is an oxymoron. Life is just another word for existence, and Death is just another word for non-existence.”
“There is neither a Heaven for a Hell. Life after Death is an oxymoron. Life is just another word for existence, and Death is just another word for non-existence.”
“Lies don't make you happy. They just make you lie about being happy.”
“Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.”
“One need not believe in Pallas Athena, the virgin goddess, to be overwhelmed by the Parthenon. Similarly, a man who rejects all dogmas, all theologies and all religious formulations of beliefs may ...”
“What Is A Belief?”
“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new cond...”
“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”
