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.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSI became a journalist because I didn’t want to have to rely on the press for information… I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it’s useful to know what people think is the news.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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Religion makes kind people say unkind things: “I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children.” They wouldn’t do that if God didn’t tell them to do so.
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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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Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.
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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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The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God’s representative on earth.
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What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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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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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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Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.
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Jesus makes large claims for his heavenly father but never mentions that his mother is or was a virgin, and is repeatedly very rude and coarse to her when she makes an appearance.
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I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.
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