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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, ‘Well, good on you. See you there.’

Christopher Hitchens

Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.
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Determination Enough Fantasy Mad Offend Possible
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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God Instruction Man Prayer Right Thinking Yourself
I don’t think it’s possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
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Humor Possible Thinking Tragedy
The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.
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Anxiety Dangerous End Escape History Search Society
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.
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Body Book Case Stay
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
The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.
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Politics Religious Secularism Simplicity Truth
The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
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Definition Management Oneself Race
Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.
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Choice Freedom Human Willing
The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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Book Holy Human Togetherness
I’m a member of no party. I have no ideology. I’m a rationalist. I do what I can in the international struggle between science and reason and the barbarism, superstition and stupidity that’s all around us.
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Member Myself Party Science Struggle
I leave it to the faithful to burn each other’s churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do.
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Each Other Faith Leaving Myself
In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion.
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Goodness Moral Ordinary Religion Universe Yourself
The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.
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Mindset People Rejection Thinking Time
Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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Discover God Myself Peace Return
Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.
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Offend Right

Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, ‘Well, good on you. See you there.’

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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, ‘Well, good on you. See you there.’

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