This letter, “…to the Leadership…” could have been from me, except for the part about being raised in Mexico. [Full Text]
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WHAT is god? …from h2g2.com
It is terrible to see a man who has the incomprehensible in his grasp, does not know what to do with it, and sits playing with a toy called God. -Tolstoy Of all the questions men and women have asked of themselves and of each other, down through the ages, can there be any as […]
Read MoreArguing with the religious is like playing chess with a pigeon
A few good lines from the blog THINK ATHEIST. — pardon my lack of attribution to specific quotes. These are mostly from comments people make. Arguing with the religious is like playing chess with a pigeon. You could be the greatest player in the world, but the pigeon will still knock over all the pieces, […]
Read MoreHitchens said “I’m fine with religion…”
Hitchens is fine with people having religion, As long as you don’t want your religion taught to my children in school, given a government subsidy, or imposed on me by violence, …you are fine by me. This is a statement that EVERYONE should agree with, yet some sects obviously do not.
Read MoreThomas Jefferson in a letter on religion
I don’t mind if my nieghbor believes in fifteen gods or in none. He neither by that breaks my leg nor picks my pocket. — Thomas Jefferson
Read MoreFaith is…
It’s time to admit that FAITH is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reason fails. — Sam Harris
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The voice(s) inside his head
Who is the voice in your head? Is it just you, or is God there too? One must realize and acknowledge, before talking with a religious person, that the conversation will be supervised by a powerful voice in the believer’s head that will often oppose reason and work invisibly against the person’s ability to think […]
Read MoreImagine there’s no dog
How can you tell a god-fearing person that their belief is childish and silly? I’m sure that using the words “childish and silly” is a non-starter. But how do you do it? I love the Beatles song “Imagine.” — John Lenin, who obviously knew from experience that one cannot tell another, straight out, that there […]
Read MoreAyn Rand’s “brand” is employed, but only half acknowledged
Ayn Rand is spinning in her grave from the way religious republicans conveniently invoke her name like a brand to get voters (in the 2012 election). And the media is playing along, reporting that VP-candidate Paul Ryan, who is very religious, is also an Ayn Rand fan. I keep wondering why none of the media […]
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