Pat Simons

Free lance philosopher and gentleman unicorn rancher. Author of three books, and a published poet.

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People have grown so used to the staggering number of christian denominations, they rarely stop to consider how utterly bizarre it is to worship a god who could will the universe into existence, but can't get his story straight.		126
It's obvious that the multitude of religions in the world cannot all be right. There is nothing, however, that precludes their all being wrong.		125
Religion bases much of its success on the fact it is far easier to fool someone, than it is to convince that person they've been fooled.		105
Conservative religionists of all stripes live in fear of new ideas. Thinking people live in fear of religion's old ones.		71
Attempting to determine who is, or is not, a 'true' Christian, has spilled enough blood to float the Navy.		67
While astrologers are no-doubt wrong in the conclusions they draw, the stars and planets are at least real, and their ideas are testable. All of which is much more than can be said of theologians.		59
Nothing is much more ironic than a science-denying fundamentalist using a smart phone.		58
While it's true Atheists have fewer holidays to celebrate than theists, it's also true atheists have no holy wars they're responsible for, and that's a trade-off I'm willing to make.		41
The people who continue to advocate organized prayer in the public schools become conspicuously less enthusiastic when someone suggests the prayer be Islamic.		38
Religion enables people who do not even understand the questions, to convince themselves they know all the answers.		30
Certain christians simply do not grasp the fact that, under the U.S. Constitution, rights are not matters of majority rule. Rights exist to protect the individual from the tyranny of the majority.		30
Beware of Pope's with inviting smiles and the appearance of a congenial personality. If he wasn't the same kind of monster Pope's have always been, he would have never been chosen.		29
The evangelicals speak endlessly of their loving Jesus, but make no mistake, given a free hand, the blood-thirsty monster of the old testament is the model they would build the world of their dreams around.		29
There is no situation so bad it cannot be made worse by religion.		29
The people who would force religion into the public schools tend to become conspicuously less enthusiastic if the religion is going to be anything but their own.		25
I can forgive primitive peoples for believing the universe was made just for them. There is no possible excuse for such thinking today.		25
The universe doesn't care what you believe.		25
Facts do not care whether you believe them or not. They're still facts regardless.		25
Creationists flail away at poor old Darwin with the idea that if the great man can just be discredited, they win by default. No, they don't. They have to prove their point too, and merely attacking Darwin doesn't do that.		25
Alcohol never solved any problems! Then again, neither did religion. /s		25
I suspect the big time television preachers, in addition to being con-artists, are also the worst kind of atheists. There is simply no way they would want to face their maker and explain the lives they've lived.		24
Why do the terminally religious always assume they're entitled to a say in other people's personal decision making?		23
Freedom of religion is never enough for the fanatic. The fanatic always believes his god has chosen him to make other people's personal choices for them.		23
The entirety of the human experience constitutes less than an eye-blink on the time scale of a universe that is unimaginably vast. It requires a towering conceit to conclude it was all made just for us, by a god whose existence can never be demonstrated.		23
If people actually thought about the things they have faith in, the world's religions would appear in about the same proportions everywhere. As it is, one's faith is almost entirely a product of geography.		23
Not all religious people are stupid, but stupid people are always religious.		22
One man's heresy, is another man's self-evident truth. And around and around it goes. You'd think an all powerful god could have done a better job of getting his/her/its message out.		22
Religion needs to be consigned to the graveyard of bad ideas.		21
Few people terrify me more than politicians whose world view is shaped by inflexible religious belief.		21
If prayer worked, churches wouldn't need collection plates.		21
Those who would break down the barriers between church and state always imagine their own religion holding sway and making the decisions for everyone. They should be imagining the sect they dislike most having control over their lives.		21
When people tell you belief in god is required to be good, remind them that this massively screwed up world is largely the product of people whose minds were, and are, filled with supernatural nonsense.		21
Religion is the mortal enemy of human freedom.		21
No matter of science was ever resolved through a debate. In science, evidence and testability are the only things that matter.Therefore, when the creationist wants to debate evolution, they've already lost the argument. They're just too full of supernatural nonsense to realize it.		21
God may be fictional, but the damage done by believers is entirely real.		20
Religion offers people an escape from a world that has been made worse than it has to be by religion.		20
Few things afflict the human species more adversely than does absolute certainty regarding the supernatural.		20
If there was some definitive argument proving the existence of god, you would be hearing that argument from every theologian on the planet. As it stands, we have approximately as many arguments for god's existence as we do theologians.		20
You often hear theists claim their god has spoken to them, but you never hear them say God told them they've gotten it all wrong and need to shut the hell up.		20
The more I contemplate the unimaginable vastness and complexity of the universe, the more absurd man's puny little religions become.		20
Humans are conditioned to believe they need religion, because it's something that saves the clergy from having to seek honest work.		20
Human beings are just another species of ape with upgraded, but bug ridden, software.		20
We humans are hard wired to try and make sense of our surroundings. It's part of our survival strategy as a species. Unfortunately, when we don't have good explanations for things we tend to start making things up. Then comes religion followed by orthodoxy, and that's where we get in trouble.		20
If there was some definitive argument demonstrating the existence of god, we would be hearing that argument from every theologian on the planet. As it stands, we have approximately as many arguments for god's existence as we do theologians.		20
Of all the many sins religions would punish, none is more grievous than free and independent thinking.		20
Science does not put forward ideas that carry with them the threat of eternal damnation if people reject them.		20
My challenge to all the world's theologians is this; For the sake of humanity, get your story straight! Until you can get everyone on the same page, and provide some testable evidence for your claims, you need to butt out of human affairs. Come back when you've reached agreement, and not a minute sooner.		20
Imagine a world where your eternal salvation depended upon your understanding of quantum mechanics. Sophisticated theology is no easier to understand and unlike science, puts forward no testable evidence or consistent argument.		19
Few things divide people as effectively and pointlessly as does religion.		19
All the prayers that were ever prayed, to all the gods that were ever made, did not a single rainbow make.		19

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