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The lie's in the "bible" begin with "In the beginning "god"..."
The reason there are so many religious faith's is because those that believe cannot agree on the same imaginary friend to believe in.
The problem with "god did it" is the lack of evidence that "god did it" and the lack of evidence of the "god" to have done it.
I need no heaven, there is no hell, nor any evidence of any god(s) have I found, I only have the experiences of this lifetime and what it offers. When death comes and medical science can put off that time no more, then I will gladly accept and embrace what death has to offer me.
I am an Anti-theistic Atheist Evangelist, I feel it is our godLESS duty to humanity to cause doubt in the minds of believers, whether they acknowledge it at the time or not. Hopefully to one day cause them to stop and consider why they believe what they believe, how they came to believe what they believe and how do those beliefs stand up to reason, logic and scientific knowledge. I stand firm that there is no evidence, empirical or otherwise, of any "god's" past, present nor any data to even suggest there will be in the future.
I am not building a church, nor a religion, I am not collecting members nor followers. I am hoping that everyone one day be free of religion to imaginary nonexistent entities and only see one thing as the most important of all.... Humanity.
~ My fellow Atheist, please remember, that you are NOT wasting your time when you tell believers that they have no evidence, for their belief, in their imaginary nonexistent "God". Each time you tell them something, that causes them to think, contemplate, research or question their faith, even for just a moment, plants seeds that may sprout and flourish, the next time it is watered. After all their head's are already full of shit, so the fertilizer is there. Plant the seeds and just add water.
God will die, when the last believer accepts the truth and stops believing that their God exist.
Atheism, does not teach, it only frees ones mind so that one may learn.
What do you expect for an Anti-theistic Atheist with occasional MilitantAtheist outburst against the ignorant beliefs that the unexplained can only be explained as "god did it"
All I can do is put holes in the box you have built around yourself, hoping that one day the light of freedom is just to much for you to bear to remain hidden from... if enough holes are made than you can attempt to reach through and free yourself from your own prison.
What is not there to hear, cannot answer to those, that call out to what does not exist.
Even as an Atheist, I do not always believe all that I see... in fact my skepticism is further proof of my Atheism.... I became skeptical of things to the point my beliefs of God, became my anti belief in "god"
Atheist reject the unsubstantiated imaginations of believers in their mythological musings and it is beyond the believers comprehension, that we do not reject only their "god" we reject the very existence their "god".
As Atheist, believers label us as and see us as worshipers of the enemy of their faith. An "evil entity" that we also see no evidence of, as anything more than mythological nonsense. To which they immediately try to convert and save us, by quoting scriptures from a book that they claim is the divine words given to them by their "almighty god". Which once again we see is only a collection of mythologies written by mortal men. Not filled by any nonexistent "holy spirit" but maybe filled with or drunken from the spirits of alcohol..
"Religion should ALWAYS be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, I hereby claim my constitutional right to do so."
IF, I claimed to once have been a billionaire, without even ONE bank ever having had records of my vast wealth.... then I would be hard pressed to find anyone to believe me. Scriptural texts that claim things that are lacking in historical references to back them up... should be shelved with other works of fiction and left there for the kiddies to read.
IF the bible claims things to have happened and we have no proof these things have happened; then just as we discount and discredit all the other books that claim things have occurred, but have not, did not and will not, I shall continue to discount and discredit yours.... until you can redeem it from the discount shelf.
To understand the "bible" one has to accept the fact that it is a collection of individual books or letters combined to form one larger that was written by men supposedly while under the power of some "holy spirit". In part it must have been the spirit of anger, for there are mass murders, be-headings etc.. Part while under a spirit of sexual depravity, rapes, incest, orgies, whoredom etc... etc and so on and so on.
I do not find the "bible" to be love letters from "god" but more like spam from the religulous...
I do not believe in religious discrimination, I'm an equal opportunity disbeliever of all religions, gods and faiths.
I do not believe in religious discrimination, I equally disbelieve in all religions, gods and faiths.
Believing in fairy tales, even with all that is in you, does not make one come true nor mean they are any less an act of desperation of a constipated mind. ~ Joseph Allen Cavin
Religion consolidated all of it's deceitfulness, hatred and lies into a condensed form and they call it the "Word of God".
Christianity, consolidated all of it's deceitfulness, hatred and lies into a condensed form and called it the "Holy Bible".
Islam consolidated all of it's deceitfulness, hatred and lies into a condensed form and called it the "Quran".
If after I have lived my life, after I have taken my last breath and once my eyes forever fixed in death. I will meet whatever may come knowing I did so on my terms. If I end up in a "hell" then I will squarely lay the blame where it is owed and for once I will admit as an Atheist "god did it"
"so your "truth" credits your very existence on a being that has never been proven to exist... you have "faith" in "holy text" that were written by men "inspired" by "god" through a "holy spirit", you are required to live by rules set forth in that collection of "holy text" and must accept this imaginary being as your "Lord, Master and Saviour"... all on faith... That is your truth? My truth, is that I do not know or make unfounded claims how we and that all that is became to be. I have faith that mankind one day may find reason over religion to be more acceptable. That our text need not be holy, just founded in logic, knowledge and reason. Principles that are not unquestionable but that when there is a need for them to be updated, replaced, rewritten or done away with, can be without fear of retribution from that which does not, has not nor will ever be... "
Atheism only exist because religion makes it necessary. Someone made the analogy of Atheism being like mistletoe, but if religion was not there then there would not be Atheism. Hence no tree for mistletoe to form on. Atheism is NOT the parasite that spread throughout the world, it is the balm of reason that can heal it. Religion IS slavery to the beliefs that other men have made for themselves and chained others into servitude. Atheism accepts that Knowledge, Reason and Science can heal the mind and release humanity from the imaginations of those unwilling to except that "god" did NOT do it. Religion always screams "OUR LORD AND MASTER, OUR GOD ON HIGH, OUR SAVIOUR OF THIS WORLD! DID IT! DO NOT DARE TO QUESTION WHAT GOD HAS DONE!!!!" Atheism say's... I see no proof OF, no evidence TO and therefore cannot accept it or agree with it.
I firmly state that I see Atheism as the lack of religion... LACK OF ANY and ALL religion. Atheism is the anti-matter of the matter of religion. Religion requires a being, force or spiritual mindset of some sorts. Atheism is the freedom from religion's chains that hold you to a set of "godly" principles to control and manipulate ones thoughts, actions and ones very life.
~ THERE ARE NO EVIL FORCES, NO EVIL ENTITIES... Evil is what religion needs in order to make their "god" the good guy. Religion uses "evil" to explain the "bad things" that their "god" allows to happen. Their "god" is the cause of all evil because it is the ying to the yang... cannot exist without the other.
Atheist need no evil. Good things are just good things, bad things are just bad. People cause these things to happen or it is just the way things work out. Atheist make no unfounded claims that some entity is the cause of all good or bad... We do submit that YOUR "god" fails to know what good and bad actually are. We can use your belief against you because IT IS your belief. We can quote your bible to you because it is your "holy scriptures".... You cannot hold us to your beliefs nor your silly writings... We have no holy books, no set of beliefs that we hold as written in stone, SAVE ONE...
Atheist, one who believes that there is no deity.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheist
I was once told :
"When I hear an atheist constantly attacking religion, that says to me that person is not free of it. Reacting to something all the time is not freedom. Why not believe in science and reason, and let religion be?"
My reply:
When will it let me be?
When will they stop knocking on my door?
When will they stop saying "god bless you"? Instead of THANK YOU!
When will they stop sending me their crap in the mail asking for money?
When will they stop stalking me in parking lots and handing me tracts?
When will they stop adding "in god we trust" FROM MY FUCKING CURRENCY?
When will they stop having religious commercials on my TV?
When will they stop playing those hymns from the steeple in MY neighborhood?
When will they stop marching in the parades in MY town?
When will they stop driving those church buses in front of my house?
When will they stop defacing the bumper stickers on my Truck?
When will they remove the Laws that say an Atheist cannot be an elected official in MY STATE?
When will smart ass's like yourself stop making smart ass remarks like you did.
Some would debate, that if there were no religion, there would still be Atheist.. because all would be so... I prefer to see it, as if you would not know of "god's". There would be no religion, no one would be an Atheist because the term would never have been coined to begin with. After all they are no Allen J Cavinism, for you to be an Allen J Anti-Cavinist too is there?
A slave to lust "Worships" their desires,
A drunk finds his "Eternal Rewards" in a bottle,
A gambler sees his hunch as "Divine Revelation",
A drug addict see's her next fix as a "Holy Angel",
A slave to sex "Prays" for their next sexual encounter,
One consumed by greed, seek's only the next "Almighty" dollar,
A "Faithful" friend that is imaginary, insures that one is never alone...
In the real world, we try to help those people with their addictions, conditions, diseases and disorders even to the point of locking them away to ensure they receive help.
Religious people can be all the above and even more. Especially those that are fanatical in their beliefs of their imaginary "god". A "god", which cannot be proven to exist outside of their mind. Why should they not be given a chance to receive treatment? It only takes doses of Logic, Knowledge and Reason.
Prayer, what one says when they do not want to do a damn thing but claim they have moved a mountain, with a teaspoon.
I am not saying they(different versions of the bible) are perversion of the original writings of the books man wrote... That would lay claim that there is a real text out there handed down by "god".... I am saying they are perverse... I am saying they are perverse... those text pervert people from their original form... to be enlightened freethinking humans and further humanity is the highest calling... god is not needed... humanity is real, god existence is questionable to the point of implausibility.. belief in such things has perverted mankind into thinking they are not responsible nor need to be after all "god did it", "god made things this way", "is the way dog wants it" etc etc ad nauseum....
I once prayed, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Now, I have found that I cannot change everything or everyone just myself. I have had the courage to change myself for the better. I have used the wisdom of my years to now know the difference between fairy tales, wishful thinking and reality. I became an Atheist... does that mean god actually answered my prayer?
We are alone, with our emotions, faith, imaginations and beliefs. Trusting in those things with every fiber of your body will not change the fact, that is all they are... emotions, faith, imaginations and beliefs... They cannot be proven, they can only be had.
Faith is believing the impossible is true, even though it is an impossibility to prove it as truth. Truth is always truth. The truth is God is an impossibility simply from his improbability.
You cannot be loved by what does not exist. Saying or believing something is out there and that this something cares for and loves you.... does not make it exist.
Xian creationism, the belief that some ancient Omnipotent, Omnipresent, OMNISCIENT god spoke all that is today into existence.
That this same Omnipotent, Omnipresent, OMNISCIENT god made a perfect Utopia but placed evil in it to tempt man with, knowing man would fail but doing so any way. In doing so that this "god" would have to send his "son" to be ridiculed, beat and put to death...
That is really a stupid Omnipotent, Omnipresent, OMNISCIENT god.
All children are born innocent and ignorant.... they have no need of god, satan or any need of any type of religion. My solemn hope, for the future of mankind, is for all to once again be innocent and ignorant of those things from birth till death.
If the "Holy Spirit" guides all true "Christian" believers, then why do they not all get the same "revelation" instead of just, what they see as a divine revelation? The answer is that they just give their OWN meaning or the meaning they were told. The bible is just a collection of archaic writings, combined to make one book of mans thoughts of his imaginary "god". There is NO proof otherwise.
Who Died and Made Your "god"?
To actually create, anything, is an impossibility... you cannot create something, unless you first create the materials which do not now exist from materials that do not exist, to be able to use to create your creation that did not ever exist before. You would also need to create the universe in which your creation will be created. Things are made or manufactured, thoughts are had and people are produced by sexual reproduction.
You cannot hate the imaginary, just the believers that impose their imaginations of the imaginary.
Ask yourself, has any "god" ever proven itself to have helped mankind achieve any success or has some of mankind used "god" to achieve their success.
Ok, so you say your "god" is not imaginary... so where is there anything else on earth, that people put their "faith" in, that does not have roots in reality? Reality does not have "god's" stamp of existence anywhere or on anything to show or prove your "god" is real.
"...I contend that we are both assholes. I just do not believe being one because some book tells me too. One day you might understand why I say christians are more mentally deranged assholes than all the other assholes combined...."
I gave faith in "god" almost 45 years of my life... I no longer put blind faith in anything... I choose to have some evidence before I trust in anything now... it is no different now that I do not have faith... I am still alone in the universe as I was before... I just do not have the imaginary friend and do not put my trust in a book written by men that claimed to be filled with the spirit.
Even " IF " xians make it to heaven, most of their family and friends will most likely not and then they will all be servants to serve their "god" for ALL eternity. Continuous worshiping all the time for all eternity because your "god" "created" an imperfect utopia knowing that his "creation" would screw up... so that he could send his "only son" to be tortured and then die to redeem that "creation" just so they can bow, praise and worship their "god" for all eternity for screwing it up to begin with? What kind of heaven is that?
The only way "God" could really be jealous of other "god(s)" is if those other "god(s)" are "real"... If those other "god(s)" are real, then "God" is not really the the only "god". If "god" is not the only "god" which "god" is the right "god" and which "god" are you serving? Is your "god" the right "god"? How do you know you are not worshiping a false "god"?
There is no evidence to support that when all there is began, that any "god" had any part OF or ever did anything.
Religion is SLAVERY to a god, that to this very moment in time has NOT been proven to exist.
The dim light of religion, dimly pales compared to the enlightenment of Knowledge, Logic, Reason and the ability to Think Freely.
Loss of faith, is the best faith to have when it comes to "god" and religion...
ANYONE stating that ANY BEING could actually be Omnipotent, Omnipresent or OMNISCIENT means they are child like in their thinking and that their mind is mentally developmentally challenged.
I hope that one day we find other life some where similar to our own. I say this with only one greater hope that they have no religions, no false gods and hopefully are not cannibals looking for their next meal.
In all things magical the "Alla Kazam!" out of nowhere is really slight of hand "Presto Chango!"
The reason there are so many religious faith's is because those that believe cannot agree on the same imaginary friend to believe in.
Anyone who denies their own ignorance denies themselves the opportunity of learning to overcome their ignorance.
Life is like a box of chocolate, that has been re-gifted, The box looks great, still sealed in plastic but every piece is hard, stale and only semi-sweet.
Does your Logizomechanophobia, stem from your Kakorrhaphiophobia or just your floccinaucinihilipilification of technological items.
Trust in the Dictionary and spell check function with all due diligence, prove not thine own brain deadness and thou will not look like an uneducated fool. ~ Cavin, Book of Allen Chapter 8:1,2
The great thinkers of the past left us with many a great thought... The message that they all were wanting to leave, was for us to have a few thoughts of our own.
Don't let the shit get you down.. it washes off... the stink only gets on you when you wallow around in it to long.
No sticks and stones were handy insults will have to suffice in this instance.
You are a tough cookie, don't crumble like the rest of the crumbs.
I am a graduate of old FU, my major was How to piss off idiots and insult stupid people.
Life, people are just dying to get away from it.
Raw cookie dough is bad for you, because of the possibility of salmonella, BUT then again going overboard and baking them till they are black and burned beyond all recognition, will kill the bacteria, it makes for one lousy cookie.
The OFFICIAL Atheist Computer Cleaning Blessing
by Joseph Allen Cavin
I removed thy covering with extra care,
Blew out all the dust and debris with high velocity air.
Your side panel replaced & not a screw left out,
Now all peripherals properly connected, with minimal doubt.
I now gently push your power switch on,
Hoping that nothing goes pow, kaboom or smells of something wrong.
Let your files be writ and read, as they were wrote,
May the multiple hard disk and DVD drives never be smote.
May the LCD screen in High Def always shine,
May the UPS Filter free us from spikes in power lines.
Let not the keyboard suffer death from liquid.
May the mighty trackball on dust bunnies ever skid,
May 404 error messages be a rarity,
The memory shall not ever be non parity.
May modem always at the highest speeds always connect,
Yes, I know, not having broadband is it's worst regret.
May Avast Free Antivirus keep this system virus free,
May it always be downloaded without a fee.
Never let the printer jam,
Nor my inbox filled of spam.
Blessings be on this hand built surfing machine,
Most importantly may its data of religion and theism allways be clean.
"I love you, you'll love me or you'll burn for all e-tern-i-ty,
with gnashing of teeth and flesh eating worms dining on you,
Won't you say you love me too?" Jesus Christ
"I love you, you'll love me or you'll burn for e-tern-i-ty,
with gnashing of teeth and worms feasting on you,
Won't you say you love me too?" Jesus Christ
The fool has said with their mouth, “There is a God.” They are incorrect. They are delusional. The humanitarian is the one who does good.~ Book of Cavin, Allen Chapter 14:1
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. " ~ The Dude
"There is no god, and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again." ~ Penn Jillette
"Man should not fear the gods. The gods should fear man, for they can only dwell beyond the limits of our understanding. The larger our settlement of knowledge becomes the farther into exile they are pushed." ~ S.E. King
"Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"Truth does not have to be accepted on faith. Scientists do not hold hands every Sunday, singing, "Yes gravity is real! I will have faith! I will be strong! Amen." ~ Dan Barker.
You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil—you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself. ~ Dan Barker
"The longer I have been an atheist, the more amazed I am that I ever believed Christian notions." ~ Dan Barker
"If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are admitting that the assertion can't be taken on its own merits. If something is true, we don't invoke faith. Instead we use reason to prove it. Faith is intellectual bankruptcy. With faith, you don't have to put any work into proving your case or overcoming objections. You can ‘just believe.’” -Dan Barker
"If you believe these stories, then you are the one with the problem, not me. These myths violate natural law, contradict science, and fail to correspond with reality or logic. If you can't see that, then you can't separate truth from fantasy." ~ Dan Barker
"There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good positive arguments against a god, no agreement among believers about the nature or moral principles of a god, and no need for a god. We can live happy, moral, productive lives without such belief, and we can do it better."
~ Dan Barker
"You can cite a hundred references to show that the biblical God is a bloodthirsty tyrant, but if they can dig up two or three verses that say "God is love," they will claim that *you* are taking things out of context!" ~ Dan Barker
"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?" ~ Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith"
"No educated person believes the Adam and Eve myth nowadays, but it's surprising how many parents think that it's somehow fun to pass on this falsehood to their children...I would want to argue that the truth of evolution is more interesting and more poetic" - Richard Dawkins
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. ~ Richard Dawkins
"Religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, and I claim that right." ~ Christopher Hitchens
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.” ~ Christopher Hitchens
Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated.. ~ Christopher Hitchens
“We owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system. He quite literally taught us our place and allowed us to go on to make extraordinary advances in knowledge.” ~ Christopher Hitchens.
"One definite way to prove that we are half a chromosome away from being chimpanzees is to look at our religious practices." ~ Christopher Hitchens
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line and kiss my ass. ~ Christopher Hitchens
My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either. It happens to be my view, but it doesn't challenge any of the findings of Darwin or Huxley or Einstein or Hawking. ~ Christopher Hitchens
Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted. ~ Christopher Hitchens
Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and splendors furnished him by his creator, infinite regression, drowned in praise! ~ Christopher Hitchens
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as if they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you. ~ Christopher Hitchens
Exceptional claims require exceptional evidence. ~ Christopher Hitchens
Those who desire to certify miracles may wish to say that such recoveries have no "natural" explanation. But this does not at all mean that there is therefore a "supernatural" one. ~ Christopher Hitchens
"Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, open mindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake." - Christopher Hitchens
"...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is a factual reality of the empirical world. Just as one would not say 'I believe in gravity," one should not proclaim 'I believe in evolution." ~ Michael Shermer.
“I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in.” ~ Bertrand Russell
"If we are indeed created in God's image, as the believers tell us on who knows what or whose authority, then that image must have room for a digestive tract - with all that it entails - for erections (where applicable), for vile thoughts and dubious motives. Much more probable, really, is the counter-theory that man created God in his image. This would account for there being so many of Him (more than a hundred dead ones included, by H.L. Mencken's famous count), and also His being such a son of a bitch." ~ Christopher Hitchens
"[Atheists] are equally capable of being ethical as people who are religious. We just want to be good for goodness' sake." Todd Stiefel
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. ~ Isaac Asimov
"Life, is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of the astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy." ~ Carl Sagan
Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature. ~ Carl Sagan
"You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe." ~ Carl Sagan
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." ~ Carl Sagan
Why do you write to me “God should punish the English”? I have no close connection to either one or the other. I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held. ~ Albert Einstein
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ~ Voltaire
If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction. ~ Judith Hayes
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Creationists don’t want equal time; they want all the time there is. ~ Isaac Asimov
Who are the bigger fool’s, those who are born stupid or those who choose stupidity? ~ John Kelly Ireland
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. I am not afraid." - Marcus Aurelius.
"There is not enough love and goodness in the world for us to be permitted to give any of it away to imaginary things." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
"Atheism isn't a choice; it's actually the default status for all who decline to choose superstition"-- Anonymous.
"Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy - but to the enlightened it is the same as asking Santa Claus to bring you something for Xmas" ~ W. C. Fields
"Praying is like a rocking chair; it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere." ~ Gypsy Rose Lee
Spoiling nice fish! Give it to us raw, and wriggling! You keep nasty chips! Gollum
Why do we have to resort to non-violence? Can't we just kick their asses? ~ Turanga Leela
Teal'c: I know of no Goa'uld capable of showing the necessary compassion or benevolence that I've read of in your bible.
Jack O'Neill: You read the bible Teal'c?
Teal'c: It is a significant part of your western culture. Have you not read the bible O'Neill?
Jack O'Neill: Oh yeah, yeah... not all of it. Actually I'm listening to it on tape. Don't tell me how it ends.
"Stargate SG-1: Demons (#3.8)" (1999)
What’s “God”? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God’s the guy that ignores you. ~ Steve Buscemi
I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people. ~ Katharine Hepburn
"A strong society is an inclusive society. If we want to win big then we'd better include everybody because we need everybody" ~ Cyndi Lauper
A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the truth even if no one believes it.~ Anon.
"The Bible is a mimicking conglomeration of ancient myths and legends, and if I weren't positively sure of that, I wouldn't have written this book and embarrassed myself again. My purpose is to try to spare the human species from the tyranny and mania of religions. When people all around the world finally become aware of what religion is--it will cure the most devastating illness man has been forced to endure." ~ Dr. Wally F. Dean, "The Mania of Religion", 1995, p. 307
"What gods are there, what gods have there ever been, that were not from man's imagination?" ~ Joseph Campbell
"I bet you don't want anything about the Bible taught in school." "If they teach Greek and Roman mythology, they should also teach Middle Eastern mythology." ~ Morton Downey
"A God of love, a God of wrath, a God of jealousy, a God of bigotry, a God of vulgar tirades, a God of cheating and lying yes, the Christian God is given all of these characteristics, and isn't it a wretched mess to be offered to men in this twentieth century? The beginning of wisdom, the beginning of humanism, the beginning of progress is the rejection of this absurd, extravagantly impossible myth of a God." ~ E. Haldeman-Julius, "The Meaning Of Atheism"
"To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the interests of mankind." ~ E. Haldeman-Julius
It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. ~ Mark Twain
"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than the atoms in your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: We are all stardust. We couldn't be here if stars hadn't exploded, because the elements the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all things that matter for evolution and for life weren't created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today." ~ Lawrence Krauss
"...I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." ~ Stephen F. Roberts
"The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
"Christ, according to the faith, is the second person in the Trinity, the Father being the first and the Holy Ghost being the third. Each of these three persons is God. Christ is his own father and his own son. The Holy Ghost is neither father nor son, but both. The son was begotten by the father, but existed before he was begotten -- just the same as before as after. Christ is just as old as his father, and the father is just as young as his son. The Holy Ghost proceeded from the Father and the Son, but was equal to the Father and the Son before he proceeded, that is to say, before he existed, but he is the same age as the other two. So it is declared that the Father is God, and the Son God and the Holy Ghost God, and these three Gods make one God." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
Yesterday is history, and tomorrow is a mystery, But today, today is a gift. That's why it's called the PRESENT.~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.” ~ Orson Welles
Okay, I'll have the truth with a side order of clarity, please ~ Dr Daniel Jackson, StarGate SG-1
"Truth is, christians are the only ones in the world that cannot explain anything" "Internut", christian on IRC
"A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets." ~ Arthur C. Clarke
"Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so."
Bertrand Russell
A faith that hasn't been tested can't be trusted. ~ Rogers, Adrian
"Ideas that cannot be defended by reason and evidence can lead anywhere, and, if there is no warrant for one's belief, there is no telling where it will end." ~ Paul M. Pfalzner
Faith means not wanting to know what is true. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. ~ Susan B. Anthony
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. ~ Cardinal Robert Bellarmine
Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. ~ Susan B Anthony
"If God wishes to be known, cherished, thanked, why does he not show himself under his favorable features to all these intelligent beings by whom he wishes to be loved and adored? Why not manifest himself to the whole earth in an unequivocal manner, much more capable of convincing us than these private revelations which seem to accuse the Divinity of an annoying partiality for some of his creatures?" ~ Percy Byssche Shelley, "The Necessity of Atheism", 1811
"Atheism is the world of reality, it is reason, it is freedom. Atheism is human concern, and intellectual honesty to a degree that the religious mind cannot begin to understand. And yet it is more than this. Atheism is not an old religion, it is not a new and coming religion, in fact it is not, and never has been, a religion at all. The definition of Atheism is magnificent in its simplicity: Atheism is merely the bed-rock of sanity in a world of madness." ~ Emmett F. Fields, Atheism: An Affirmative View
"Nobody will be safe as long as there are people who think their god created the universe and that he wrote a book commanding them to kill people who don't agree with him." ~ Al Stefanelli
"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. " – Isaac Asimov
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." – Voltaire
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." – Stephen F. Roberts
"If you can't think for yourself, no wonder you believe in a God." – Matt Dillahunty
"It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands." – Andre Gide
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist." – Hélder Câmara.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended for us to forego their use." – Galileo Galilei
"Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. " – Isaac Asimov
"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows." – Mark Twain
"An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind" – Mahatma Ghandi
"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." – Thomas Paine
"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. " – Thomas Paine
"From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?" – Thomas Paine
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments." – George Washington
"I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education." – Thomas Jefferson
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." – Susan B. Anthony
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all." – Thomas Jefferson
"I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." – Thomas Jefferson
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. " – Isaac Asimov
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." – Mark Twain
"If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it" – Mark Twain
God's Free Will Deli: You can have anything on the menu, but if you pick anything other than the ham sandwich I'll punch you in the face. ~ Richard Dial
At best, God is the name given to the mysterious force that drives everything. At worst, God is the name given to the maniacal minds of the men who conceived him.~Danna Gaddy
If the Bible is love letters from god, then you've got a very abusive boyfriend. ~ Someone from Facebook
It's only dumbass theists who think there's a prize at the end of the 'game'. We know that it's playing the game that counts. We've won already just by REALISING that this is the only round, all the prizes are in this play, there is no bonus round. ~ Tim Wakeham
Pick me! Pick me! Can I be an asshole too? Do I need character references? Work experience? I'm opinionated, condescending, sarcastic, antagonistic and snide. Please, please, please... er, wait, I mean: F*** you, c***! There, that's more like it. ~ Tim Wakeham
I have no problem with stupid people going to church. What I have a problem with is them stepping back outside ~ Gary Clemans-Gibbon
The beauty of life can only be discovered through the godless mind. ~ Yek Ylf
I have noticed, the more xian that someone appears to be, the more child like they become once you have pissed in their corn flakes. ~ Danna Gaddy
"Because THERE IS NO GOD LOOKING AFTER ALL OF US AND ANSWERING THE PRAYERS OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE THE RIGHT THINGS. GROW UP." ~ Lisa Bennett
God was once a being who walked in his "creation", now he is an abstract philosophical notion. At one time he could part the seas but now the best he can conjure is an appearance on a grilled cheese sandwich. At one time he lived on a mountain, then he moved to the sky, then to space...now he lives in the phantom zone. ~ Talis Mancer
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Does your Logizomechanophobia, stem from your Kakorrhaphiophobia or just your floccinaucinihilipilification of technological items. ~ Joseph Allen Cavin
