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You have no right

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Monday, September 27th, 2010 10:27 pm
Christianity imposes its supertitious belief upon others


“You have no right to erect your tollgate upon the highways of thought. You have no right to leap from the hedges of superstition and strike down the pioneers of the human race. You have no right to sacrifice the liberties of man upon the alters of ghosts. Believe what you may; preach what you desire; have all forms and ceremonies you please; exercise your liberty in your own way but extend to all others the same right.”

~ Robert G. Ingersoll
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Keep it to yourself already

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Saturday, August 28th, 2010 12:05 pm
Relgion reminder: keep your filth out of our lives
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Religion is fear

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Friday, August 27th, 2010 01:14 pm
"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing — fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand."



~ Bertrand Russell

in Why I am not a Christian (1907)
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Evil Atheists

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Friday, August 20th, 2010 02:30 pm
Evil Atheists


If they manage to stay out of the claws of religion, they will grow up to be happy, balanced individuals.
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Understanding love

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Saturday, August 14th, 2010 07:21 pm
"I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is not self denial. Love is not blood and suffering. Love is not murdering your son to appease your own vanity. Love is not hatred or wrath, consigning billions of people to eternal torture because they have offended your ego or disobeyed your rules. Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward. True love is respect and admiration, compassion and kindness, freely given by a healthy, unafraid human being."

~ Dan Barker
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The Joy of Atheism

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Monday, August 9th, 2010 03:00 pm
"When I became convinced that the Universe is natural — that all the ghosts and gods are myth, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood, the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell, the dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts, and bards, and manacles became dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave."

~  Robert G. Ingersoll
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