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 say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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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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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.
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Today I want to puke when I hear the word ‘radical’ applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world.
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Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office.
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If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.
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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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Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
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Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.
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To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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