Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSEven 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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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I’m a member of no party. I have no ideology. I’m a rationalist. I do what I can in the international struggle between science and reason and the barbarism, superstition and stupidity that’s all around us.
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What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.
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We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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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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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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Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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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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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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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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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation – is that good for the world?
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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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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Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.
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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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Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. [Yet] only with God, only with the view that God’s on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
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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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The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
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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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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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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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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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