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Permalink Reply by Emmy Ellison on January 18, 2011 at 8:45pm

Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money. ~George Carlin

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Permalink Reply by Moria Jackson on January 18, 2011 at 10:12pm

George Carlin is my personal hero.  Brilliant man!

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:35pm

George Carlin was a genius at saying it like it is--great quote!

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Permalink Reply by Boci Boci Tarka on January 18, 2011 at 9:54pm

Nietzsche did say some badass things :) It's not particulary a quote, but I like the name Celestial Dictator - I can't recall who came up with it. Oh, got one:

 

Unquestioned beliefs are the real authorities of a culture. - Derrick Jensen

 

And like like to say this: the basis of Christianity isn't real, but it's consequences are.

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Permalink Reply by Allen Sneed on January 18, 2011 at 10:17pm

It's a tie between:

 

"If your god won't answer a molested Child's prayer what makes you think he'll answer yours?" -Chris O'Rourke

 

and this exchange:

 

The Onion: Is there a God ?

Joss Whedon: No.

The Onion: That’s it, end of story, no?

Joss Whedon: Absolutely not. That’s a very important and necessary thing to learn.

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Montville D.D. on January 19, 2011 at 12:08am

That first one is really good! I might steal that... this is my new favourite quote.

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:37pm

I like first quote, it is similar to my thoughts below:

And why won't yahweh answer the prayers of the starving "believers" in Africa?--there is no god.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Richard Raymond on January 18, 2011 at 10:18pm

Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents? And it always just happens to be the right religion.  Religions run in families.  If we'd been brought up in ancient Greece we would all be worshiping Zeus and Apollo.  If we had been born Vikings we would be worshiping Wotan and Thor. How does this come about? Through childhood indoctrination. 

 

My hero:   RICHARD DAWKINS 

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:38pm

Richard Dawkins is obviously aware of "Cultural Relativism"--where people believe what they are taught in their homes and society--whether or not those "beliefs" are true or not.

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Montville D.D. on January 18, 2011 at 11:26pm

Hard to say what my favourite quote is (there are so many good ones) but I am partial to things that some of the Founding Fathers wrote about religion.

 

"I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy-day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of  pleasing the Deity."
- Benjamin Franklin. Works, Vol. VII, p. 75

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:39pm

I wish Christianity was more productive in good works as well.......history says otherwise.  Great quote.

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Permalink Reply by Matt on January 18, 2011 at 11:56pm

"Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery"...Robert G. Ingeraoll

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