--- title: "1 Moral Force Quotes By PZ Myers" description: "1 Moral Force quotes by PZ Myers. Plus more from PZ Myers and more Moral Force sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/pz-myers-24674_absolutes_we-godless-lack-that-certainty-and-we-kn_2050434.jpg" --- > [We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force - virtue is subject to negotiation, and is found in working together with others to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pz-myers/we-godless-lack-that-certainty-and-we-know-the-world-is-a-complex/) [PZ Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pz-myers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/pz-myers-24674_absolutes_we-godless-lack-that-certainty-and-we-kn_2050434.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-force/pz-myers/#itemlist", "name": "1 Moral Force Quotes By PZ Myers", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force - virtue is subject to negotiation, and is found in working together with others to find mutually satisfactory solutions. Good is not absolute, it is an emergent property that arises from successful networks of individuals. 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