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

Slavery of the mind.....so true.  Great quote.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on January 19, 2011 at 12:13am

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

 

Carl Sagan

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Permalink Reply by Lara Kearns on January 19, 2011 at 9:06am

Hear hear! Couldnt agree more

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

Sagan was a genius.  Great quote.  Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan E. Hoffman on January 19, 2011 at 12:39am

The master: George Carlin.

 

 

"When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually 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 special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!   But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!"

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Permalink Reply by Lara Kearns on January 19, 2011 at 9:07am

And holy crap it is

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:40pm

George Carlin was a genius--and funny as hell too!  Thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Jack Wille on June 26, 2011 at 10:34pm

My "aha!" moment when I realized I was an atheist came from watching some of George Carlin's standup

 

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Permalink Reply by Anathema6205 on January 19, 2011 at 1:11am

I've got a few:

Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Thomas Jefferson

The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, fili-cidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. Those of us schooled from infancy in his ways can become desensitized to their horror.
Richard Dawkins

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:41pm

Brilliant--thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Olivia Kuo on January 19, 2011 at 1:51am

"No — you talk to God, you’re religious. God talks to you — you’re psychotic."

"Rational arguments don’t usually work on religious people. Otherwise there would be no religious people."
Both from House, they've got other good ones :P

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Permalink Reply by Cathy Cooper on January 19, 2011 at 1:42pm

I love House!--his attitude reminds me of my husband....lol.....I love him too.  Thanks for sharing.

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