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Quotes from Famous Freethinkers

Thumper

Thank the gods I'm an atheist
"If con is the opposite of pro, then Congress must be the opposite of progress." ~ Jon Stewart
 

It Aint Necessarily So

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"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." ~ St. Augustine

More of the same:

[1] "They worship a God with the same views, ideals, even personality traits as themselves - the God in the mirror." - Rosa Williams

[2] "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image, when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." ~ Anne Lamott

[3] “Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.” - Robert A. Heinlein

[4] "When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself." - Peter O'Toole

[5] "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." ~ Susan B. Anthony
 

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"There are no atheists in foxholes isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.”

~ James Morrow


"The idea that there are no atheists in foxholes underscores the idea that theistic belief is born of fear. It suggests that a rational man who, in a state of calm and over many years has concluded that there is probably no god, can be made to reverse himself when terrified and desperate. That's hardly an endorsement of a god belief." - anon
 

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"It seems religion can dish it out okay but it can’t take it: like a street thug who calls the police when his victims fight back." - Anon

That's from Pat Condell (edited):

"Well, I’ve been hearing quite a lot of bleating and whining in the press lately about aggressive, intolerant, atheism; as if that’s, somehow, a bad thing. It seems religion can dish it out okay but it can’t take it: like a street thug who calls the police when his victims fight back.

"Aggressive atheism is really defensive atheism, because right now nothing is more aggressive than political religion. Being an atheist or secularist today is no longer a matter of opting out; but of actively fending off. So I’d say any abuse religion gets, it’s got coming ten times over.

"People sometimes tell me, “You know, you’re just as intolerant as the people you criticize.” Really? I hope so . . . because somebody has to be. There are some things I’m very intolerant of and there’s no point in trying to deny that. Let’s see now . . . there’s misogyny and sexism – I’m extremely intolerant of them ( I hope that doesn’t offend) – racism, antisemitism . . . no . . . no tolerance of them, I’m afraid. Sorry about that. Homophobia, perhaps? Not a shred of tolerance to be found. Gosh, I do have some issues, don’t I? How about cruelty to animals? Again, absolutely no tolerance whatsoever.

"But brace yourselves, because that’s not the half of it. Not only am I openly and brazenly intolerant of all those things . . . but if religion is used as an excuse for any of them, I’m afraid I become aggressively hostile and, what’s more, I don’t apologize for that because I have no need to apologize for it. And neither do you.

"Religion deserves no respect at all because it offers no respect at all."
 

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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
~ Susan B. Anthony

"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."
~ Susan B. Anthony

More on the same theme,some already posted here:

[1] "They worship a God with the same views, ideals, even personality traits as themselves - the God in the mirror." - Rosa Williams

[2] "If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." ~ St. Augustine

[3] "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image, when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." ~ Anne Lamott

[4] “Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.” - Robert A. Heinlein

[5] "When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself." - Peter O'Toole

[6] "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself." - Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)

[7] "When I delete God from the equation, I take God's place." - Peter Mosley
 

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IRRITATING and DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIORS COMMON AMONG THEISTS PROSELYTIZING ON ATHEIST THREADS:

[1] Telling us what it is that we believe, especially that we claim that there is no god

[2] Unsolicited (which is all of it) preaching and proselytizing

[3] Referring to atheism as a religion, saying that atheism requires faith, or calling an atheist a fundamentalist

[4] Trying to prove something by quoting the Bible

[5] Threatening nonbelievers with damnation

[6] Pretending that you don't have the burden of proof

[7] Using cut and paste arguments from others that you can't defend

[8] Repeating arguments that have already been refuted and rejected

[9] Saying that we believe nothing, that our lives are without purpose or meaning, or that we have no basis for moral behavior

[10] Announce that you'll be praying for us

[11] Invoking Pascal’s Wager, which says that there is everything to gain and nothing to lose by believing in Jesus

[12] Telling us that we can’t or don’t understand the Bible, or that our Christian experiences couldn’t have been authentic if we abandoned them

[13] Saying that we hate your god, are rebelling against your god, or really believe in a god

(Thanks to IANS for compiling such a wonderful list!)

Thanks, Bob, but not my list. It was an adaptation from http://atheism.about.com/od/atheismatheiststheism/tp/DebateKillers.htm
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
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Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

- Spike Milligan
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
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I had stopped going to church the moment I joined the Regiment. No more could my mother nag me into God's presence.
- Spike Milligan
 
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