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A place to post favorite quotes about atheism and other significant topics
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I have been a quote collector and quote monger for at least as long as I have been an atheist, and likely much longer. There is a fascination in me of those who are sufficiently skilled in language that they structure words into concepts and ideas and proposed actions which grab my attention and interest, whether it is John F. Kennedy's unabashed statement: "We choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard," Robert A. Heinlein's blunt expression: "If you've got the truth, you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it. SHOW people," or Captain Kirk's subtle yet important tactical observation, having encountered and been challenged by the dauntingly huge First Federation vessel: "Not chess, Mr. Spock ... Poker!"
Certainly, atheism has had its share of skilled spokespeople, whose words have inspired and driven us, whether it was Madalyn Murray O'Hair, saying: "An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church," or Sam Harris, who noted that: "The only problem with Islamic fundamentalism are the fundamentals of Islam," or Aron Ra's far more succinct: "If you can't SHOW it, you don't KNOW it."
Consciously or unconsciously, I suspect all of us have learned and grown from such words and many others, becoming stronger and more mature, not just in our atheism but in ourselves, having heard such words as these, and that is the point of this group: not to just deal in quotes which praise and promote atheism but which advance the cause of knowledge, self-understanding and self-ownership. Each of us have likely heard someone say something and think, "Wow!" and resonated to the significance of what they heard.
That's what I want to do here: share, learn, and grow, not just from THEIR words, but our own.
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Sam Harris - First Rebuttal Against William Lane Craig
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Mrs.B Feb 3. 4 Replies 3 Likes
The following is OLD, not quite 10 years old, presuming that the video was released not long after the Notre Dame debate between Sam Harris and William Lane Craig. That doesn't change the fact that,…Continue
Tags: rebuttal, debate, christianity, William Lane Craig, Sam Harris
The Top 30 Worst Places to Live in the United State
Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Loren Miller Jan 16. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Loren, have you seen this article? The Top 30 Worst Places to Live in…Continue
WAR is a racket.
Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Onyango Makagutu Jan 6. 5 Replies 1 Like
WAR is a racket. It always has been.By Major General Smedley Butleronline at: https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html"It is…Continue
Tags: skills, interpersonal, &, personal
Quotes from Mark Twain's Letters From the Earth
Started by Grinning Cat. Last reply by Grinning Cat Jan 3. 4 Replies 0 Likes
A few long quotes from Twain's Letters From the Earth, out of the way of the main Quote of the Day…Continue
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Nice Comment
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Comment was by Loren Miller on January 15, 2021 at 3:41pm
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Obviously, owls give a hoot about this!
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Comment was by Grinning Cat on January 15, 2021 at 1:41pm
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These fine feathered friends might want to have a word with the skeptics John Oliver mentioned:
(Click to enlarge. Image sources: reddit (2), cheezburger)
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He that will not reason is a bigot;
he that cannot reason is a fool;
and he that dare not reason is a slave.
--William Drummond
Accurate and succinct. Drummond nails it here.
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The thing is, "goddidit" isn't an answer so much as it is meant to be a conversation-stopper.
One problem, though: with people like us, it doesn't work!
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Comment was by Stephen Brodie on January 14, 2021 at 7:54pm
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Terence. The laziness of the statement GODDIDIT drives me absolutely crazy.
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Yes, Loren. For the faithful, no explanation is necessary because GODDIDIT answers and explains everything ...
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So very true!
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"Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion -- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbour as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight."
Mark Twain.
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On the money.
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