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"I got one of those cat ones for Chadd, it gives him a laugh."
"Talking fast with the southern accent, it is a little difficult."
"That liberal redneck is too hard to follow, even with hearing aids!"
"Funny, those boxes! I only knew the sort with a cat in it."
"Thanks for posting, Stephen, he said it all."
"Liberal Redneck - Arkansas Governor Mad at Self"
"That is funny Loren and I want to own one of those boxes. "
"And some of your governors demanding that our borders open!"
"I don't know whether or not any of you have ever run onto the "Useless Box" idea,…"
""I love the poorly educated." Probably one of the most heinous remarks I've ever…"
"Let's be real here. For the most part, "Godly Wisdom" = BULLSHIT, plain and simple.…"
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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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One suggestion for the main comment area of the group: Please keep your quotes to under 20 lines or 200 words. That way, one entry won't dominate a given page of the comment area. If you have a longer quote or speech which you think is significant, create a separate post in the group.
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Discussion Forum
Brandi Carlile almost dies -- 7/30/21 (Delanceyplace.com)
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Mrs.B on Friday. 6 Replies 3 Likes
To be honest, I have NO idea who Brandi Carlile is (though I suppose I could Google her), but the following brief story of her illness, coma, and recovery are pretty striking. As my friends from…Continue
Tags: Jesus, coma, Baptist, Catholic, meningitis
Culture and Cooperation in Human Evolution
Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Davy Jun 20. 1 Reply 2 Likes
The Australian Western Desert and the High Arctic could hardly be less alike, and both differ sharply from the rainforests of the Congo basin. Even so, in crucial ways, their social lives are…Continue
Christopher Hitchens – "The Only Conversation Worth Having"
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Mrs.B Jun 8. 3 Replies 4 Likes
There may be no one whose words in favor of freedom of thought and in opposition to the mind-binding effect of religious belief were quite so powerful as those of Christopher Hitchens. His repeated…Continue
Tags: debate, the only conversation worth having, poisoned chalice, William Dembski, Christopher Hitchens
WAR is a racket.
Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Joan Denoo Apr 27. 7 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
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Nice Comment
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Comment was by Mrs.B 15 hours ago
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And some of your governors demanding that our borders open!
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... when people on the right talk about “freedom” what they actually mean is closer to “defense of privilege” — specifically the right of certain people (generally white male Christians) to do whatever they want.
-- Paul Krugman, “‘Freedom,’ Florida and the Delta Variant Disaster”
Krugman hits the nail on the head here. Even as evangelical Christians struggle to maintain their privilege amidst the ongoing efforts by people like us to level the playing field, so white male Republicans are doing everything they can to hold onto their political positions and their perks as their influence fades. This effort has extended to the point of pursuing fascism, particularly since Trump came on the scene.
It's a damned dangerous time in the US right now and no time to be complacent.
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Comment was by Stephen Brodie yesterday
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Nice one Joan, succinct and to the point as usual.
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Terry, it is wonderful to see your post! I hope all is well with you.
I would reply to god, or allah, or whatever power that expects me to believe by faith alone, "I cannot think and act on such evidence. I deserve more!"
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"Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake." He goes on to talk about a certain China teapot.
Bertrand Russell
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Very good Stephen, and I expect you know how Bertrand Russell responded if he found himself being asked by God a similar question:
He answered: "God. Why did you make it so difficult for me to believe in you?"
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Another one of ''those'' words.....
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas – uncertainty, progress, change – into crimes.
--Salman Rushdie
And it does so by making ITS faith mandatory and a prerequisite for admission into its afterlife theme park. That isn't just "conservative;" it's coercive ... and no, I'm not having any of it.
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Loren not only do I sing without god I sing better songs as well.
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