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> [Most of what happens in the world is just a consequence of natural, universal laws- laws that apply everywhere and to everything, with no special exemptions or amplifications for your benefit- given variety by the input of chance. Everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/most-of-what-happens-in-the-world-is-just-a-consequence-of-natural/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

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## More by PZ Myers

> [Religion is an act of sedition against reason. Whatever religion is most seductive and likely to draw in victims to surrender their skepticism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/religion-is-an-act-of-sedition-against-reason-whatever-religion-is/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [Science provides tangible evidence of its accuracy and importance. Religion makes excuses for its absence of the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/science-provides-tangible-evidence-of-its-accuracy-and-importance/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [Human beings are still fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/human-beings-are-still-fish/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/very-clever-people-are-often-very-clever-at-creating-rationalisations/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [“That's the difference between a godly person and an atheist. Our stories are shorter and don't assume the protagonist is an idiot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/that-s-the-difference-between-a-godly-person-and-an-atheist-our/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology and philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/many-of-the-religious-apologists-out-there-are-not-stupid-people-they/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/silence-is-an-argument-in-favor-of-the-status-quo-a-refusal-to/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/religion-is-to-misogyny-as-disease-is-to-misery-not-the-sole-cause/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/and-of-course-death-can-t-be-conquered-but-oh-the-battle-can-be/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [We shouldn't be gratuitously obnoxious, we should be purposefully obnoxious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/we-shouldn-t-be-gratuitously-obnoxious-we-should-be-purposefully/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [It's amazing how much detail Catholics will go into documenting why people shouldn't do the things that they all do anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/it-s-amazing-how-much-detail-catholics-will-go-into-documenting-why/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [We live our lives for our life's sake, rather than for illusions about rewards and satisfaction after we're dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/we-live-our-lives-for-our-life-s-sake-rather-than-for-illusions-about/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [FAITH. No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the poison that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/faith-no-one-word-personifies-the-absolute-worst-and-most-wicked/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [If you've got a religious belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your beliefs -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/if-you-ve-got-a-religious-belief-that-withers-in-the-face-of/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

> [The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren't special. The universe does not revolve around you; this planet isn't privileged in any unique way;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/the-mediocrity-principle-simply-states-that-you-aren-t-special-the/)

[PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/)

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