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17 Jan 2008, 9:31 pm

http://leftofzen.com/quotes-atheism/2008/01/14/


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17 Jan 2008, 11:00 pm

A lot of them are run of the mill parodies and straw mans to sustain or justify the disbelief rather than expand upon it.
Here's one that is very appropriate for me today...
6. Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. -Nietzsche
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Another one I liked:
43. The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
Eric Hoffer


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18 Jan 2008, 1:46 am

51: Oh, LORD, please forgive my sins! I was wrong!!





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18 Jan 2008, 2:03 am

richardbenson wrote:
http://leftofzen.com/quotes-atheism/2008/01/14/


Thank you! Had quite a few laughs.

twoshots wrote:
A lot of them are run of the mill parodies and straw mans to sustain or justify the disbelief rather than expand upon it.


An athiest has already decided there is no god, what is there to expand upon?


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18 Jan 2008, 3:13 am

Quote:
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.


I've been saying this constantly for years.


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18 Jan 2008, 5:36 am

40. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.
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47. If I thought the Jews killed God, I’d worship the Jews.
Bill Hicks

Couldn't help but laugh at those two. :D

My favorite is #42, it's kinda poetical.

42. Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
- Epicurus



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18 Jan 2008, 8:04 am

Stephen Hawking

23. Black holes would seem to suggest that God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Stephen Hawking, NATURE, 1975




i liked that one, lol


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18 Jan 2008, 9:32 am

Very good quotes there. A few laughs, and a lot of intelligent thought there. As a pantheist, I do not disagree with any of those.



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18 Jan 2008, 10:30 am

40. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

Not exacly true.



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18 Jan 2008, 11:00 am

TheMandalore wrote:
twoshots wrote:
A lot of them are run of the mill parodies and straw mans to sustain or justify the disbelief rather than expand upon it.
An athiest has already decided there is no god, what is there to expand upon?
nothing, he probably wants to look like a artsy smarty pants or likes arguing


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18 Jan 2008, 12:30 pm

richardbenson wrote:
TheMandalore wrote:
twoshots wrote:
A lot of them are run of the mill parodies and straw mans to sustain or justify the disbelief rather than expand upon it.
An athiest has already decided there is no god, what is there to expand upon?
nothing, he probably wants to look like a artsy smarty pants or likes arguing


I can assure you, there is nothing satisfying about trying to impress the internet puppets on this board. :roll:

Modern popular atheism repeats ad nauseum tired straw mans, all the while running back into the embrace of Judeo-Christian morality and ignoring the interesting aspects of not having a supreme being to tell you what is right and wrong.

My ideal quote for atheism?
"God is dead."


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18 Jan 2008, 12:38 pm

i think its only fair if religous people get to spew their beliefs, atheists can do the same. personally i'd rather listen to an atheist talk to me about how there isnt a god and make jokes out of it than have a christian tell me im going to burn in hell for eternity, plus you have to be humorus when dealing with the unknown. and its a common natural reaction when someone tells you your gonna roast to make a joke out of it


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18 Jan 2008, 1:01 pm

richardbenson wrote:
i think its only fair if religous people get to spew their beliefs, atheists can do the same. personally i'd rather listen to an atheist talk to me about how there isnt a god and make jokes out of it than have a christian tell me im going to burn in hell for eternity, plus you have to be humorus when dealing with the unknown. and its a common natural reaction when someone tells you your gonna roast to make a joke out of it



The reason the religious are against that is they how easily their beliefs can be proven wrong by their own other beliefs.

That's why the Christians go crazy whenever they hear an atheist is talking about atheism, even if its happening some place they'd never go themselves, but atheist only mind when they are harassed by christian talk



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18 Jan 2008, 5:40 pm

richardbenson wrote:
i think its only fair if religous people get to spew their beliefs, atheists can do the same. personally i'd rather listen to an atheist talk to me about how there isnt a god and make jokes out of it than have a christian tell me im going to burn in hell for eternity, plus you have to be humorus when dealing with the unknown. and its a common natural reaction when someone tells you your gonna roast to make a joke out of it


It is certainly fair, but I tend to hold atheists to higher standards than the religious, because atheists like to fancy themselves as being the result of embracing reason.


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18 Jan 2008, 5:51 pm

Sedaka wrote:
Stephen Hawking

23. Black holes would seem to suggest that God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Stephen Hawking, NATURE, 1975




i liked that one, lol


I've always liked that quote, but while it seems somewhat sacrilegious , I'm not sure how it's really atheist. It just seems more of a play on Einstein's objections to quantum theory.

"God does not play dice."
"Einstein! Stop telling God what to do." - Bohr
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18 Jan 2008, 7:17 pm

twoshots wrote:
It is certainly fair, but I tend to hold atheists to higher standards than the religious, because atheists like to fancy themselves as being the result of embracing reason.
so whats reason to you? some invisible guy in the sky that spoke to dust creating man? making everything we see in 7 days? i'll take the atheist form of reason for teh win anyday alex trebek, understand?


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