Quotes for you! Please add if you know of some.
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for a reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." - Einstein
"You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, intelligent enough." -Huxley
"Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?" -Clark
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile."
-Vonnegut
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." - Frank Lloyd Wright
"Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies." - T. Jefferson
2007-08-17 22:15:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'yes, gravity is real! I will have faith! I will be strong! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down. down. Amen!' If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about it." — Dan Barker (ex-preacher).
"Religion is an organization bent on the dissemination of faith, over and above the meaning or truth of the object of that faith."
"Beware of those who try to sell you simple answers to complex questions." — Scott Adams.
"We preach peace, forgiveness, tolerance and love. We practice vengeance, persecution, hatred and domination. My personal beliefs are supported and validated by my convictions. Oh, and never forget .... my religion is truth, yours is a lie." — Religion, paraphrased (unknown).
"If you're following the news, you know that the major religions differ in their interpretation of the holy books. For example, one way to interpret God's will is that you should love your neighbor. An alternate reading of the holy books might lead you to rig a donkey cart with small mortar rockets and aim it at a hotel full of infidels. In summary, po-tay-to, poh-tah-to. Religions are very flexible." — From Scott Adams' Holiday Thoughts, 2003.
"A mythology is someone else's religion, different enough from your own for its absurdity to be obvious."
"Let me sum up the religious argument:
— Assumption: god exists
— Therefore: god exists
— QED !" — Scotch.
"Power corrupts; Absolute power corrupts absolutely; God is all-powerful. Draw your own conclusions."
There are many more on the attached link.
2007-08-17 22:21:31 · answer #1 · answered by qxzqxzqxz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"why are you in the non secular section?" Why do people without pets pass to the puppy section? Why do non-scientists pass to the technological know-how section? Why do single people pass to the relationship section? once you fairly think of roughly those questions, you will get a clue. merely with the aid of fact i don't believe some thing to be genuine does not advise i'm unable to locate the section thrilling. additionally, there is the religion/spirituality section. you could actually nicely be non secular and not believe in gods; many Buddhists do it each and all of the time. finally, if there have been no atheists in this section, who could answer your question (or others) addressed to atheists? "you adult males at the instant are not non secular so therefor you do not care approximately faith." on the different, I do care approximately faith a great deal, exceptionally whilst those with faith attempt to make the practise of the subsequent era in public colleges in accordance with assertions and lies rather of medical reality, or whilst political figures attempt to push non secular dogma and bigotry into the regulation books of an earthly united states. I very plenty care approximately faith. Likewise, if i'm incorrect and somebody can actually supply me with a rational reason exhibiting that i'm incorrect, i choose for to appreciate approximately it. "do not attempt to make this a shaggy dog tale" If this wasn't a shaggy dog tale, then why did you "LOL" so early in the question?
2016-10-16 00:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?" ~Author Unknown
This was a response to a Christian preaching against tattoos and piercings.
2007-08-17 22:23:33 · answer #3 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ba dump bump!
All of these quotes are superb. Bravo.
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2007-08-17 22:40:32 · answer #4 · answered by Safe Sax 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Those are good quotes =) Excellent, some more ammunition to add to my arsenal. =D
Unfortunately i don't know any good ones. =(
2007-08-17 22:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
good people have always done good and evil people have always done bad but to get good people to do bad requires religion ,Stephen Weinberg
2007-08-17 22:20:50 · answer #6 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yo, Adrian?
I'm not an atheist, but I am a fan of Rocky.
2007-08-17 22:19:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋