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Post by Tamrin on Jun 21, 2010 7:05:19 GMT 10
I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men
What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me
I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist
Jean-Paul Sartre (Born this day 1905)
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 30, 2010 6:50:22 GMT 10
Today in History:1909 - In Rome, the Catholic Pontifical Biblical Commission issued a decree interpreting the first 11 chapters of Genesis as history, not myth
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 4, 2010 10:53:21 GMT 10
The priest is the personification of falsehood
Bro. Giuseppe Garibaldi (Born this day 1807)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 7, 2010 7:35:00 GMT 10
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so
Robert A Heinlein (Born this day 1907)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 25, 2010 8:42:05 GMT 10
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves
Eric Hoffer (Born this day 1902)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 26, 2010 6:50:02 GMT 10
The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it
Carl Gustav Jung (Born this day 1875)
All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours
Aldous Huxley (Born this day 1894)
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty
James Lovelock (Born this day 1919)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 28, 2010 6:44:45 GMT 10
We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell
Karl Popper (Born this day 1902)
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 3, 2010 6:51:48 GMT 10
Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 23, 2010 6:48:28 GMT 10
The equation of religion with belief is rather recent
Arnold Toynbee (Born this day 1852)
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 25, 2010 6:47:53 GMT 10
Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God
Sean Connery (Born this day 1930)
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