Pat Simons

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

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top atheist quotes (total: 81)

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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.		55
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.		48
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.		48
Conservative religionists of all stripes live in fear of new ideas. Thinking people live in fear of religion's old ones.		36
Attempting to determine who is, or is not, a 'true' Christian, has spilled enough blood to float the Navy.		34
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.		33
Nothing is much more ironic than a science-denying fundamentalist using a smart phone.		32
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.		27
The people who continue to advocate organized prayer in the public schools become conspicuously less enthusiastic when someone suggests the prayer be Islamic.		25
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.		25
There is no situation so bad it cannot be made worse by religion.		24
I can forgive primitive peoples for believing the universe was made just for them. There is no possible excuse for such thinking today.		23
The universe doesn't care what you believe.		23
Facts do not care whether you believe them or not. They're still facts regardless.		23
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.		23
Alcohol never solved any problems! Then again, neither did religion. /s		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.		22
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.		22
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.		22
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.		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.		21
Not all religious people are stupid, but stupid people are always religious.		20
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.		20
Religion is the mortal enemy of human freedom.		20
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.		20
Human beings are just another species of ape with upgraded, but bug ridden, software.		19
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.		19
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.		19
Of all the many sins religions would punish, none is more grievous than free and independent thinking.		19
Science does not put forward ideas that carry with them the threat of eternal damnation if people reject them.		19
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.		19
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.		18
The more I contemplate the unimaginable vastness and complexity of the universe, the more absurd man's puny little religions become.		18
Humans are conditioned to believe they need religion, because it's something that saves the clergy from having to seek honest work.		18
Theists never have any difficulty spotting the flaws in other people's religion. What they have trouble with is realizing that their own beliefs aren't based on any more than the other guy's.		18
Believers never seem to be even vaguely aware that the burden of proof rests entirely on them, and it is not up to the skeptic to disprove their untestable ideas.		18
Myths are the self-evident truths of other eras that have been subjected to the scientific method.		17
Where there is the expectation of privilege, equality will be seen as persecution. This is why evangelicals cry 'persecution' when ever they are prevented from forcing their beliefs on others.		17
Look at many of the world's trouble spots, from India-Pakistan, to Northern Ireland, to the Balkans, to the never ending horror story that is the Middle East. Remove religion from the equation.....and suddenly, people would have a whole lot less to fight about.		16
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.		15
If the world would like to see what genuine persecution looks like, just give the evangelicals all the power they think their religion entitles them to.		15
I live in dread of organizations like the 'Wall Builders' who would add supernatural sanction to their toxic masculinity.		14
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.		13
Humans are conditioned to believe they need religion, because it's something that saves the clergy from having to seek honest work.		13
If religion contained any objective truth, it wouldn't be religion.		13
There is not a single idea expressed in the bible that could not have been produced by the minds of the people who wrote it.		11
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.		10
If something is true, you can question it all you want and it will be the thing you keep coming back to. Religion is not known for encouraging people to question their teachings.		10
No theocracy was ever a bastion of human rights and intellectual freedom.		9
If religion equals morality, then why aren't our prisons overflowing with atheists, and why does the bible belt south have the worst social metrics in the United States?		7

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