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.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSEverything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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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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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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Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.
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What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
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I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.
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Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.
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There’s been some research in cognitive science, I’m told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it’s white noise.
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
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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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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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Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
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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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I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies.
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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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We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.
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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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Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.
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Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.
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Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.
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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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