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Post by Tamrin on Dec 30, 2009 8:43:53 GMT 10
And he [Jesus] said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath
Mark 2:27
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 30, 2009 8:45:45 GMT 10
So when they continued asking him [Jesus], he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her
John 8:7
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 1, 2010 9:51:52 GMT 10
There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch
E.M. Forster (Born this day 1879)
He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world
J.D. Salinger (Born this day 1919)
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 2, 2010 7:03:59 GMT 10
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today
I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse
Isaac Asimov (Born this day 1920)
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 16, 2010 16:11:33 GMT 10
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful
Edward Gibbon (Died this day 1794)
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 2, 2010 9:22:13 GMT 10
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world
Bertrand Russell (Died this day 1970)
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Post by Tamrin on Mar 2, 2010 9:43:50 GMT 10
The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion
Tom Wolfe (Born this day 1931)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 16, 2010 10:16:19 GMT 10
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought
Peter Ustinov (Born this day 1921)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 18, 2010 11:02:55 GMT 10
A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger
A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence
A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure
John Foxe, (Book of Martyrs) (Died this day 1587)
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas
In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means
I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt
Clarence Darrow (Born this day 1857)
I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it
I am a deeply religious nonbeliever — this is a somewhat new kind of religion
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God
Albert Einstein (Died this day 1955)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 19, 2010 8:01:25 GMT 10
It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe - you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned
Lord Byron (Died this day 1824)
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