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When I was a kid, I used to pray each evening for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way. So I stole one and asked him to forgive me.
~ Emo Philips
~ Emo Philips
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July 2nd, 2010
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
~ Benjamin Franklin
~ Benjamin Franklin
Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.
~ Voltaire
~ Voltaire
I have found Christian dogma unintelligible.
~ Benjamin Franklin
~ Benjamin Franklin
Religious beliefs deserve no respect.
Giving respect to that blatant rubbish would only give religious people the false impression there is something worthwhile about their vile, cruel creed. There isn't. Religion has brought humanity nothing else but discord, war, murder, torture, both physical and mental, unhappiness and poverty.
Religion is still killing and harming people today.
It is irresponsible to not make that clear to religious people.
However, we should respect religious people as people, not the nonsense they are spreading.
They are just sick. They suffer from a neurosis. Maybe they can be cured.
Giving respect to that blatant rubbish would only give religious people the false impression there is something worthwhile about their vile, cruel creed. There isn't. Religion has brought humanity nothing else but discord, war, murder, torture, both physical and mental, unhappiness and poverty.
Religion is still killing and harming people today.
It is irresponsible to not make that clear to religious people.
However, we should respect religious people as people, not the nonsense they are spreading.
They are just sick. They suffer from a neurosis. Maybe they can be cured.
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Religion can never reform mankind, because religion is slavery.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll
~ Robert G. Ingersoll
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There is not a single shred of proof that the stupid, cruel stories religious people tell are true. They're just evil inventions made up ages ago by primitive people.
People today should know better, but not all of them do. Silly people will try to scare you with horrible, crude stories about a sadistic, all-powerful being that wants you to adore him because he will torture you if you don't. These are abject lies.
When you ask religious people to prove their preposterous and gruesome stories their answer usually boils down to that you just have to believe them. Why? Because they believe them and it seems intolerable to them that somebody else sees their crude confabulations for what they are: despicable, harmful lies.
People today should know better, but not all of them do. Silly people will try to scare you with horrible, crude stories about a sadistic, all-powerful being that wants you to adore him because he will torture you if you don't. These are abject lies.
When you ask religious people to prove their preposterous and gruesome stories their answer usually boils down to that you just have to believe them. Why? Because they believe them and it seems intolerable to them that somebody else sees their crude confabulations for what they are: despicable, harmful lies.
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Religious people should not try to infect others with their disease
I can be friends with someone who is HIV-positive. Why not? I don't judge people. However, the moment he wants to have unprotected sex with me because he thinks I too should be HIV-positive, the friendship ends right there.
I can be friends with an alcoholic. I will make it clear to him that I don't drink. If he still tries to make me drink alcohol because he thinks being an alcoholic is cool, the friendship ends right there.
I can be friends with religious people. I will make it clear to them that I am not superstitious and that I think religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind. If they still want to engage me in idle prattle about their specific brand of myths, or worse, try to converse me to their reprehensible superstition, the friendship ends right there.
People should not try to infect others with their disease. It's not polite.
Religious people should all act like the Amish. They live their lives according to their beliefs and bother nobody else with them. That doesn't make their beliefs less ridiculous, but it makes them nice, polite people.
All religious people should be that unobtrusive, humble and above all silent.
I can be friends with someone who is HIV-positive. Why not? I don't judge people. However, the moment he wants to have unprotected sex with me because he thinks I too should be HIV-positive, the friendship ends right there.
I can be friends with an alcoholic. I will make it clear to him that I don't drink. If he still tries to make me drink alcohol because he thinks being an alcoholic is cool, the friendship ends right there.
I can be friends with religious people. I will make it clear to them that I am not superstitious and that I think religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind. If they still want to engage me in idle prattle about their specific brand of myths, or worse, try to converse me to their reprehensible superstition, the friendship ends right there.
People should not try to infect others with their disease. It's not polite.
Religious people should all act like the Amish. They live their lives according to their beliefs and bother nobody else with them. That doesn't make their beliefs less ridiculous, but it makes them nice, polite people.
All religious people should be that unobtrusive, humble and above all silent.