Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSReagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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I’m not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they’ll have, immediately the floor will rise.
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Jesus makes large claims for his heavenly father but never mentions that his mother is or was a virgin, and is repeatedly very rude and coarse to her when she makes an appearance.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.
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There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.
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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.
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To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off.
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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
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Who are your favourite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.
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Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.
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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation – is that good for the world?
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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