The violence in the Bible is appalling.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.
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If you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don’t think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.
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I’m not afraid of being dead, that’s to say there’s nothing to be afraid of. I won’t know I’m dead, would be my strong conviction. And if I find that I’m alive in any way at all, that’ll be a pleasant surprise. I quite like surprises.
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Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.
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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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Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
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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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I don’t think it’s possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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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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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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Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.
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No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis.
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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
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