Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
BILL VAUGHAN
BILL VAUGHAN
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And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby My soul speaks a language, only you can understand.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale In another life, you kept your word, and forever’s still ours for the taking.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
Claire VinsonClaire Vinson Music is a weed, we all fallen souls are high on.
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That God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.
Ben HechtBen Hecht Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ‘ invasion, but a minimum of pain.
Benjamin TuckerBenjamin Tucker To imagine that “God moves in mysterious ways” is to put up a smokescreen of mystery behind which fantasy may survive in spite of all the facts.
Barbara SmokerBarbara Smoker Jesus: a wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist.
Barbara EhrenreichBarbara Ehrenreich The churches used to win their arguments against atheism, agnosticism, and other burning issues by burning the ismist, which is fine proof that there is a devil but hardly evidence that there is a God.
Ben LindseyBen Lindsey The reason the Christians have murdered on such a vast scale and killed anyone and everyone in their way is purely and simply greed.
Bartolome de las CasasBartolome de las Casas The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
Lord ActonLord Acton