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> [If I had to sit in Heaven forever, knowing that there are these people, millions and millions- probably billions of people, suffering these eternal horrible torments and there was nothing I could ever do for them, that, to me, would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/if-i-had-to-sit-in-heaven-forever-knowing-that-there-are-these-people/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

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## More by Richard Carrier

> [I am like all other atheists only in that I do not believe there are any gods. Beyond that, I may differ dramatically in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/i-am-like-all-other-atheists-only-in-that-i-do-not-believe-there-are/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [That someone would want another human being to suffer, or would even tolerate the idea, for committing no crime at all but being reasonable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/that-someone-would-want-another-human-being-to-suffer-or-would-even/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [If I had to sit in Heaven forever, knowing that there are these people, millions and millions- probably billions of people, suffering these eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/if-i-had-to-sit-in-heaven-forever-knowing-that-there-are-these-people/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [It is probably true that almost all atheists stand for the values of reason and freethought. I will attempt to put these values in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/it-is-probably-true-that-almost-all-atheists-stand-for-the-values-of/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [“If God wants something from me, he would tell me. He wouldn't leave someone else to do this, as if an infinite being were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/if-god-wants-something-from-me-he-would-tell-me-he-wouldn-t-leave/)

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> [Reason bases its decisions on evidence available to everyone, and allows people to disagree when evidence is lacking. Religion will never do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/reason-bases-its-decisions-on-evidence-available-to-everyone-and/)

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> [The Christian religion is so manifestly contrary to the facts, belief in it can only be held with the most delusional gerrymandering imaginable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/the-christian-religion-is-so-manifestly-contrary-to-the-facts-belief/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [Christians always write to me threatening me with Hell. Strange how they think this vindicates them and their religion. Threats are the hallmark of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/christians-always-write-to-me-threatening-me-with-hell-strange-how/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [You must test your own religious claims and texts by the same standards you apply to other religions. If your religion's claims and texts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/you-must-test-your-own-religious-claims-and-texts-by-the-same/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [ To demarcate \[words in way that changes the meaning\] is simply to speak a different language than everyone else. And I do not accept… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/to-demarcate-words-in-way-that-changes-the-meaning-is-simply-to-speak/)

[Richard Carrier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-carrier/)

> [God needs blood to fix the universe, but only his own blood had enough magical power to do it, so he gave himself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/god-needs-blood-to-fix-the-universe-but-only-his-own-blood-had-enough/)

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