I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSI 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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Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.
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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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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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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
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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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If the Qur’an was the word of God, it had been dictated on a very bad day.
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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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The violence in the Bible is appalling.
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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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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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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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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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Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
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Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
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