The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSSince it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
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The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
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Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.
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The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.
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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.
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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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Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
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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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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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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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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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If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.
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She’s got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.
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The gods that we’ve made are exactly the gods you’d expect to be made by a species that’s about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee.
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Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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