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Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.

Bill Maher

They’re talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that’s used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can’t even smoke in bed.
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Ban Bed Myself People Smoking
The whole dating ritual was different when I was a kid. Girls got pinned, not nailed.
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Children Date Different Myself Ritual
Curious people are interesting people, I wonder why that is.
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Curiosity Interesting Myself People Wonder
I don’t say that I’m an atheist. I don’t like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I say I don’t know. And if you don’t know – and you don’t – just man up and say you don’t know. Don’t turn to silly stories and ancient myths.
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Ancient Atheist Man Myth Religion Story Thinking
God knows life sucks. It’s right there in the Bible. The book of Job is all about Job asking God to take away pain and misery. And God says, “I can’t take away pain and misery because then no one would talk to me.”
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God Life Misery Myself Pain Talk Terrible
Anyone who tells you that they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you dont. How can I be so sure? Because I dont know and you do not possess mental powers that I do not.
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Death Myself Possession Power Promise
To those people who say, ‘My father is alive because of animal experimentation,’ I say, ‘Yeah, well, good for you. This dog died so your father could live.’ Sorry, but I am just not behind that kind of trade-off.
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Alive Animal Experiment Father Live Myself People Trade
If Jesus was a Jew, why did he have a Spanish name?
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Identity Name Nature Origin
The reason I love my dog so much is because when I come home, he’s the only one in the world who treats me like I’m the Beatles.
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Animal Dog Home Love Myself Reason World
When opportunity knocks all some people can do is complain about the noise.
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Complain Noise Opportunity People
I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?
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Better Country Flaw Myself Patriot Point Thinking
Now people want Brian Williams to resign, but it could have a happy ending. Apparently what he said was such a blatant departure from the truth, today he got an offer from Fox News.
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End Happy News Offering People William
Let’s make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake – you know, to send the right message to kids.
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Children Law Message People Right Straight
I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.
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Disorder Faith Flying Initiative Plane Thinking
If conservatives get to call universal healthcare ‘socialized medicine,’ I get to call private, for-profit healthcare ‘soulless, vampire bastards making money off human pain.’
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Conservative Human Money Myself Profit Universal
Only a Bush could answer a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question two different ways and be wrong both times.
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Answer Dumb Question Time Wrong

Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.

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Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.

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