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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.

Christopher Hitchens

It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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Faith Knowledge Wisdom
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
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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Faith Noise People Research Science White
Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.
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Appreciation Favorite Irony Virtue
Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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Image Pathetic Religion
The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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One Liner Religion Violence
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
The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
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Disagreement Risk Sacrifice Title
We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.
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Discover Inspirational Live Religion World
What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.
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Existence Friendship Value Yourself
To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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Cosmos Inspirational Question Return
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
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
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 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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Death Devil Enemy Myself Sympathy Time

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