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.’
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSIn 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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things… one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.
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Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.
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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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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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The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because it was put together by crude, uncultured human mammals.
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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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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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If the Qur’an was the word of God, it had been dictated on a very bad day.
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To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.
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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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