Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSWe have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God’s representative on earth.
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The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that ‘if English was good enough for Jesus, then it’s good enough for me.
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Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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I’m not afraid of being dead, that’s to say there’s nothing to be afraid of. I won’t know I’m dead, would be my strong conviction. And if I find that I’m alive in any way at all, that’ll be a pleasant surprise. I quite like surprises.
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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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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.
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Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
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My own opinion is enough for me. And I claim the right to defend it 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.
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The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not.
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