top atheist quotes (total: 16012)
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| The ungodly one |
God & religion Invented by humans for humans. God & religion is yet another human construct, an abstract idea created to help humans control the world around them & nothing more. |
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| James Donovan |
Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior? |
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| Ketchup |
Speaking of an 'Intelligent Creator', would Bill Gates, Steve Jobs or Linus Torvalds have liked the computer to say "O' Mighty User! Forgive me for I have sinned. There is no disc in the CD-ROM"? |
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| curtis [censored] |
i guess with all the gods people believe in, they just throw ideas against the wall until one sticks |
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| Rudolf Arnheim |
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit. |
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| Chng D. |
Religion gives you the power to judge others without reason, logic gives you the power to reform careful judgment. |
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| CS Lewis |
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. |
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| Gail |
I am responsible for my own actions, I have never needed anyone to blame. |
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| Dan Barker |
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable for its own sake. You are not second-class in the universe, deriving meaning and purpose from some other mind. You are not inherently evil — you are inherently human, possessing the positive rational potential to help make this a world of morality, peace and joy. Trust yourself. |
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| Robert Ingersoll |
If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost. |
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Alan Harvey |
So the pope reckons condoms make the AIDS problem worse? Maybe he shouldn't drive around in a bullet-proof car, he's only making the assassination problem worse. |
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| Jesus Cries |
If you believe in god you dont trust yourself enough |
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| Maurice Dorman |
Gods are like pests....you get rid of most of them.....but there are still these 1 or 2 that keep bugging you. |
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| MANSELL T BUTCHER |
People live in enough fear from each other, to believe in the fear of 'GOD' is to have a monster under your bed for all of your life, Athiests know no fear and no monsters, vengefull people with a twisted mind full of a twisted 'GOD' are enough in this world!!! |
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Jim McCann
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Christians called it civilizing indigenous people. I call it GENOCIDE |
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| Van Valencia |
the bible is more magical than those harry potter books |
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| Reece Duncan |
Life is a harsh, unfair, occasionally brilliant, often amazing event that we all experience. Scientific inquiry is the logical response. Religion is an emotional one. |
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| Prof Uri Nassol |
Theists, stop hiding behind faith and come out and face the real world. It really isn't all that bad! |
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| me my self and i |
God is an Imaginary Friend |
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| CGJeffrey |
Dear Lord Sky Fairy. Please help me believe in imaginary friends and mythical beings. Help me to forgo all rational thought and scientific principles. Give me the strength to believe the unbelievable, the ludicrous, and the downright silly. Please help me suspend disbelief that miracles, voices in my head, burning bushes, women turned to salt and a myriad other pieces of nonsense are - despite evidence from the immutable laws of Physics to the contrary - real. Amen. |
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| unknown |
The only difference between a prayer and a microscope is proof. |
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Analin Vader |
Atheism demands we give up all hope of an afterlife. Shit... I was really looking forward to meeting Elvis, jamming with Jimi Hendrix and asking Princess Diana why the fuck she didn't put her seat belt on. |
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Elf Garnet |
The evidence for god is a lot less convincing than the evidence for Santa Claus. Plus Santa's followers are at least willing to have their beliefs questioned and eventually outgrow them. |
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Esiah Zakite |
If homo sapiens survive long enough, one day people will laugh in disbelief at aspects of our primitive society... like use of fossil fuels, diseases, wars, racism, sexism, pollution... and of course, religion. |
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Holy Goats |
Blind faith is a refusal to accept loss. Losing your faith is a refusal to accept being blind. |
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Godfrey Zoan |
Do Zoroastrians worship zorro? They walk around with necklaces that have that 'Z' symbol? They actually believe in a fictional character that never even existed? AT LAST! A serious religion... |
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| James Heaney |
If I was created in the image of god, does that mean that I should impregnate a woman without her consent? |
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| Ben Ryde |
You must have evidence to prove god before denouncing the lack of evidence against him. |
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Mark Walsh |
Leviticus 20:13 "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a
woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall
surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
6th commandment = You shall not murder
Hold on a minute... |
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| unknown |
If i go all my life living by the rules of the bible but am married to a sinner, how will i ever be happy in heaven if the one i love is in hell? |
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Baron von Knifty |
The difference between a priest and Santa is; Santa bags toys.
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Baron von Knifty |
If you think you’re being watched over by an intelligence in the sky, you’re right! But it isn’t god. It’s your own government's spy satellites.
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Baron von Knifty |
There are just as many dreams answered at the wishing well as prayers answered in church. Think of it! Peace of mind for only a penny, and you can sleep in late on Sunday morning.
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| Allah Verpint |
Anything that is above questioning is beneath contempt. |
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| Godfrey Zoan |
What was Jesus thinking when he turned the water into wine? Encouraging sinners to get pissed is asking for trouble. |
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Baron von Knifty |
Except for those inventions concerning the essential operation of a religion–rosary beads, wafers, the burning stake, the Iron Mask, the rack, etc.–try to name an invention that has helped mankind and has derived solely from religion.
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Baron von Knifty |
People who blindly follow religious dogma without questioning their sensibilities seem rather foolish to me. People ask more questions when they buy a rump roast than they do about the integrity of their religion.
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| danielle herman |
"You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, intelligent enough." |
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Navneeth D |
God feels he has to be prayed and praised all the time. I think he is the only person who makes money and famed without existence. |
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[anon] |
It seems highly suspect that while atheists will generally question both the arguements for and against the existence of God, and, as a result, make an informed decision, theists will merely look in one direction as though it provided all the answers... |
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| Ivan Ratoyevsky |
Every "suicide bomber" is yet more proof of how impotent & non existent god is. |
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Navneeth D |
I don't understand the term by our friends that they are "GOD FEARING". When they worship they should love GOD.Fear and prayer just doesn't gift them a Ferrari. |
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| Ivan Ratoyevsky |
God & Religion are NOTHING more than an existential comfort blanket!!
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| Navneeth |
Hindus have over 3 crore Gods,a few in Christianity,Islam and all the other religions in the world, AND YET NO ONE HAS SEEN GOD. |
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Inspired by George Carlin |
If God exists, may lightning strike... YOU down. |
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| C.F. Lloyd |
Religion and dogma will always be a poor substitute for the wisdom that comes from presence and choosing one's own path. Religion is the lazy way to a man-made god. It merely requires obedience, and promises future rewards (or punishment if abandoned ..there's the trap of religion!). Genuine spiritual maturity requires conscious choice, searching and leaving behind & humility until such presence is felt that searching ends - no promised rewards, no threats of punishment - just the bliss of now. |
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Alan Harvey |
As anyone who has raised children knows, there are ways to get them to be good without beating them. Why hasn't god enough intelligence to get us to be good without threatening us? Human beings do not need an incentive to be good. Well, apparently theists do. |
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Allah Verpint |
If I marry and my wife dies before me and her dying breath is a promise we'll be together in heaven, I will see her again right? If I remarry and the same thing happens, when I get to heaven I'll see them both again, right? Will I then be a bigamist? Will I get kicked out of heaven and sent to hell for bigamy? Can I at least have a threesome before I go!!! |
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| Ogg the Clever |
10 questions for Christians
If you are an educated Christian then I have an important question for you. Have you ever thought about using your education to think about your faith?
Your life and career demand that you act and think rationally. Let's apply your critical skills to the following 10 questions.
Here is an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about. As a Christian you believe in the power of prayer. According to a recent poll 3 out of 4 doctors believe God is performing medical miracles right now.
Many Christians believe that God is curing cancers, healing deceases, reversing the effects of poisons etc.
Question one: Why won't God heal amputees?
It's a simple question isn't it? We all know that amputated legs do not regenerate in response to prayer.
Amputees get no miracles from God.
If you are an intelligent person you have to admit that is an interesting question. One one hand you believe that God answers prayers and performs miracles. On the other hand you know that God completely ignores amputees when they prey for miracles.
How do you deal with this discrepancy? As an intelligent person you have to deal with it because it makes no sense.
In order to handle it you have to create some kind of rationalisation, you have to invent an excuse on God's behalf to explain this strange fact of life.
You might say that "God has some special plan for amputees".
Then you invent an excuse, whatever it is, then you stop thinking about it because it makes you feel uncomfortable.
Here is another example. As a Christian you believe that God cares about you and answers your prayers.
Question two: Why are there so many starving children in the world?
Why would God be worried about you getting a raise while at the same time ignoring the prayers of these desperate, innocent little children?
It doesn't make sense does it? Why would a loving God do this?
To explain it you have to come up with some strange excuse for God like:
God wants these children to suffer and die for some divine and mysterious reason.
And then you push it out of your mind because it doesn't fit in with your view of a loving and caring god.
Question three: Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the bible?
Look up these verses...
Exodus 35:2 God demands that we kill everyone who works on the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 God demands that we kill disobedient teenagers.
Leviticus 21:13 God demand the death of homosexuals.
Deuteronomy 21:13-21 God demand that we kill girls who are not virgins when they marry.
And so on. There are lots of verses like this.
It doesn't make sense does it? Why would a loving god want us to murder our fellow human beings over such trivial matters?
Just because you work on the wrong day of the week you must die?
This makes no sense does it? In fact, if you think about it, it's insane. So you create some kind of rationalisation to explain these verses.
Question four: Why does the bible contain so much anti-scientific nonsense?
As an educated person you know that the bible contains all sorts of information that is nonsense from a scientific perspective.
- God did not create the World in 6 days just 6000 years ago like the bible says.
- There was never a worldwide flood that covered Mount Everest like the bible says.
- Jonah did not live inside a fishes stomach for 3 days like the bible says.
- God did not create Adam from a handful of dust like the bible says.
These stories are nonsense. Why would an all knowing God write nonsense? It makes no sense does it?
So you try to create some strange kind of excuse to explain why the bible contains nonsense.
Question five: Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery in the bible.
Look up these verses:
Exodus 21:20-21
Colossians 3:21-24
Ephesians 6:5
1 Peter 2:18
And so on....
How on earth do you explain all of these?
Question six: Why do bad things happen to good people?
Question seven: Why didn't any of Jesus's miracles in the bible leave any evidence?
Question eight: How do you explain that Jesus has never appeared to you?
Question nine: Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood?
It sounds totally grotesque doesn't it? Why would an all powerful god want you to do something that, in any other context, sounds like a disgusting, cannibalistic and satanic ritual?
Question ten: Why do Christians get divorced at the same rate as non-Christians?
When Christians get married they do it in the presence of God and their Christian friends who are praying that this marriage succeeds.
And they say, "What God has put together let no man put asunder." God is all powerful and if God puts two people together that should be that shouldn't it?
Yet Christians get divorced at the same rate as everyone else. How can that possibly be?
The answers to all these questions are very simple and it all depends upon how you define the word god. When you get it right everything suddenly makes sense.
But for the time being, I'm more interested in other peoples responses. |
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| Baron von Knifty |
Christians refuse to accept that we evolved over billions of years from the fish, but they’ll believe that man came from clay and woman from a rib. If the latter be true then yesterday at a barbecue picnic I must’ve devoured an entire woman’s soccer team.
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EA Miller |
I heard a Catholic cardinal on TV a few days ago talk about how “very compatible†science and religion are. Best laugh I had in months! |
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EA Miller |
So, you’re thanking god for the great parking spot you got at the mall today. Maybe you were also thanking him for a nice pair of jeans you bought (which were on sale) at a store there.
Do you really and truly believe that god is going out of the way to help you with such petty things when he’s leaving millions of others without basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter? If so, you are a very sad person who is not at all in touch with reality.
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Pat Simons |
Humanity's need of a redeemer is predicated on the story of a pair of nudists in the very distant past, who took dietary advice from a talking snake. All of which was written down by a never named third person who knew what was going on in the mind of god. |
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EA Miller |
Religious answers are dogmatic and purportedly final, based on a mishmash of tradition, myth, prejudice and ignorance. |
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EA Miller |
A doctorate in theology is a true oxymoron! |
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pandit.amar Sharma |
Hey Why God Creat World And Life |
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EA Miller |
Religion is an impediment to clear, rational thinking. Becoming an atheist removes that impediment and allows a person to reach their maximum potential. |
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Anthony W. Allsop (Genesis) (admin) |
According to God: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, but by all means feel free to covet thy neighbour's children. |
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Anthony W. Allsop (Genesis) (admin) |
Testing testing, one two, one two: Blessed are the mic's for they shall inherit the Earth.
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EA Miller |
Atheism:
Because life is too short to be a mindless religious drone! |
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