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It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.

Christopher Hitchens

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.
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Human Pattern Seek Theory Willing
Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.
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Decent Human Religion
One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office.
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Election Oneself People Run Time
Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. [Yet] only with God, only with the view that God’s on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.
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Devil God People Permission Side View
Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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Country Himself Wife
To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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Cosmos Inspirational Question Return
What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.
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Form Stupidity Superstition Yourself
Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.
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Agreement Man Religion Talk
I’m not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful.
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Atheist Harmful Hold Maintain Myself Positive Religion Truth
Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.
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Acceptance Divine Father Himself Record Truth
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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Accomplishment Character Condition Moral
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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Evidence Information
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
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Congratulation Learning Mindset Myself Open Tolerance
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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Enough Goodness Government Myself Religion
Today I want to puke when I hear the word ‘radical’ applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world.
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Islam Murder Radical Reaction World
Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.
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Coward Creation Religion Word

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