Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSPhilosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.
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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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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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No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.
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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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The faithful believe that certain truths have been ‘revealed.’ The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry and trial and error. Only one of those positions is dogmatic.
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If the Qur’an was the word of God, it had been dictated on a very bad day.
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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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So there’s nothing more vulgar than the sound of someone saying, God Bless America, someone who doesn’t really believe it, but he thinks it will make him look good to other people. I think it’s the most nauseating spectacle.
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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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.
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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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Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
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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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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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How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.
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