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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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Liz Cheney's Opening Statement to the January 6th Committee Public Hearing
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Mrs.B Jun 11. 2 Replies 1 Like
Since there has been such interest in the comments Liz Cheney made during the first public hearing held by the House Select January 6th Committee, I thought I would post it here for those of you who…Continue
Tags: Trump, hearing, insurrection, "Donalld, committee
Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow: “We will not let hate win”
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Andy Stout May 4. 5 Replies 3 Likes
Lately I have noted an increase in rants, diatribes, and otherwise potent and declamatory statements by Democrats, in the defense of the LGBTQ+ community, responding to overblown claims about…Continue
Tags: LGBTQ+, Critical Race Theory, sexualizing, grooming, Mallory McMorrow
George Carlin - On Why Our Species Is Failing (1992)
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Mrs.B Apr 22. 5 Replies 3 Likes
Besides being a brilliant comedian and practiced public ranter, George Carlin was a adept student of humans and humanity – likely among the reasons why he was so accomplished at those first two…Continue
Tags: humanity, human, well-being, George Carlin
Brandi Carlile almost dies -- 7/30/21 (Delanceyplace.com)
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Andy Stout Mar 28. 8 Replies 4 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
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Comment was by Stephen Brodie on November 10, 2020 at 1:52pm
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Douglas Adams did have a special mind
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Comment was by Mrs.B on November 10, 2020 at 1:46pm
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Yes, not so ''intelligent''.
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This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!” This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.
-- Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
If this reality was designed with us in mind, it has to be the WORST example of purposeful design ever conceived!
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Yes, kinda, sorta all over the news.
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Those who ignore facts and cling to outdated information, or outright falsehoods, can quickly embrace fanaticism.
-- Cal Thomas
And the above doesn't just hold for religion. Politics, politicians, and their followers can be have much the same way ... or haven't you noticed?
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I'm with you Isaac 100%
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If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul.
-- Isaac Asimov
With you 100%, Isaac.
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It's the old "carrot-and-stick" routine, Mrs. B, except in THIS case, the stakes are (supposedly) the highest they can be. Problem is of course, NO EVIDENCE!!!
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Rewards always seemed like bribery to me.
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I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.
-- Kurt Vonnegut
Shall we also mention that, in the overall scheme of things, it's also just plain EASIER?
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