It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.
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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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The faithful believe that certain truths have been ‘revealed.’ The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry and trial and error. Only one of those positions is dogmatic.
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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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To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.
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Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
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Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.
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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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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.
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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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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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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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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 man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.
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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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The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God’s representative on earth.
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