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; your country is not the perfect product of directed, intentional fate; and that tuna sandwich you… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Religion is an act of sedition against reason. Whatever religion is most seductive and likely to draw in victims to surrender their skepticism is… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Science provides tangible evidence of its accuracy and importance. Religion makes excuses for its absence of the same. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
“That's the difference between a godly person and an atheist. Our stories are shorter and don't assume the protagonist is an idiot.” — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
Many of the religious apologists out there are not stupid people, they are often brilliant. People working in the field of theology and philosophy smart people everywhere. What they are those religious apologists are smart poeple who can build these amazingly intricate rationalizations for whatever weird practice they favor. Whether it's ritual cannibalism, or praying to spirits, or treating women… — PZ Myers Copy Share
Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be gratuitously obnoxious, we should be purposefully obnoxious. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
It's amazing how much detail Catholics will go into documenting why people shouldn't do the things that they all do anyway. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
We live our lives for our life's sake, rather than for illusions about rewards and satisfaction after we're dead. — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
