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top atheist quotes (total: 41)

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Religion asked Atheism why do people love me but hate you? Atheism replied because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.		10
Why can't you checkmate a Christian? Because they are all pawns and their king doesn't exsit.		8
The fool thinks himself a wise man,the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Shakespeare.		8
Let me tell you something. For hundreds of years we could not have had this conversation, or those who did would have done so in fear of their lives. Now religion comes to us in this smiley faced ingratiating way because it's had to give so much more ground and because we know so much more. But we have no right to forget the way it behaved when it was strong and when it really believed that it had God on its side. Christopher Hitchens		7
The men who committed the atrocities on September 11 were certainly not the cowards as repeatedly described in the Western media, nor were they lunatics in any ordinary sense. They were men of faith, perfect faith, as it turns out. And this - it must finally be acknowledged - is a terrible thing to be. Sam Harris		6
Gods' are Man's need for an Alpha male. A need left over from our ape ancestry.		6
Science is for the informed. Religion is for the deluded.		6
I require no blackmail to be moral.		6
Religion is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one has more nuts.		5
The truth doesn't give a Fuck what your opinion is.		5
If God is the answer, then your asking the wrong question.		4
Man is capable of such amazing intelligence and also such incredible ignorance.		4
Let me tell you something, for hundreds of years, this kind of discussion would have been impossible to have, or those like us would have been having it at the risk of our lives. Religion now comes to us in this smiley face ingratiating way, because it's had to give so much more ground and because we know so much more. But you've got no right to forget the way it behaved when it was strong,and when it really did believe that it had God on its side. Christopher Hitchens One of my favorite quotes.		4
I long for the days when men turn away from invisible monsters and once more embrace a more rational view of the world. But these new religions are so convenient and promise such terrible punishments should one reject them, I worry that fear shall keep us stuck to what is surely the greatest lie ever told. Altair, Assassin's Creed.		3
Faith is irrelevant. One could have an infinite amount of faith and it would still be the equivalent of nothing.		3
Do not fear death, fear a wasted life.		3
You've waited 2000 years for a carpenter to return. After one week I would have called a new contractor.		3
Heaven and hell are not places you go to when you die, they are places you create when you live.		3
Prayer, how to do nothing and still think you're helping.		3
Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.		3
And God created man in his own image.So the creator of the universe is a mammal, a bipedal ape with DNA that's 98% identical to chimps?		3
Today's Religion is tomorrow's mythology.		3
Religion gave us the dark ages, science gave us the space age.		3
It's easy to understand why a child is afraid of the dark, the tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato		3
Look what Islam has done to France today. Islam a Religion of peace? No! Islam is the most violent Religion on the planet.		2
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than have in the name of Satan. Most people don't like that statement but few can argue with it." Carl Sagan		2
Faith is just another word for delusion.		2
Oblivion is our fate, an end to all struggles and sorrows, eternal sleep.		2
Religion is a hereditary disease that is passed from generation to generation.		2
Prayer is like masterbation, it feels good to the person doing it but does nothing for the person they are thinking about.		2
The life of a theist is filled with fear of judgment, the life of an Atheist is a life without fear.		2
History teaches us that no other cause has brought so much death as the word of God.		2
Atheism is a result of knowledge.		2
God's and religion are archaic relics of our ignorant past.They have no place in today's world of science and reason.		2
Religion is like a penis, it's a perfectly fine thing for one to have and take pride in, but when one takes it out and waves it in one's face we have a problem.		1
Reason Greetings		0
Religion = ignorance.		0
Life's but a walking shadow, poor player that struts and frets his hour on the stage,and then is heard no more,a tale told by an idiot,filled with sound and fury, signifing nothing. Shakespeare.		0
I realized all my prayers all my life were just monologues. Now I just talk to myself.		0
I don't need a book or doctrine to tell me how to be a good person, I can do it by myself without the fear of burning in hell.		0
What is the meaning of life? To avoid the detrimental, while pursuing the beneficial. Every form of life lives and dies by this creed, whether they keep gods or not. Avoidance & pursuit are the only options. Michael Hull.		0

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