Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSEver 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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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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.
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In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion.
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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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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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Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.
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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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Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.
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I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.
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I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.
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Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.
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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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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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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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