“believing in myths is comforting in the moment; in the same way it’s comforting to pretend you can fly when you’re falling.” — Noah Lugeons Faith Copy Share Image
“The very fact that such a thing as a degree in theology exists is an insult to education. ” — Noah Lugeons Education Copy Share Image
“You are the only thing standing between them and the theocracy they want. Diatribe” — Noah Lugeons Theocracy Copy Share Image
“I’ll say it again and again; there is no harmless version of faith. Faith is an attempt to replace reason with something… — Noah Lugeons Faith Copy Share Image
“Religion has had a free ride for too long and despite the growing murmurs of malcontents, the societal privilege afforded to faith… — Noah Lugeons Faith Copy Share Image
“We got into this not because we believe religion is silly, but because we believe it is harmful. The fact that it’s… — Noah Lugeons Mock Copy Share Image
“anything that forces us to stop using our brains is a bad thing but especially when the thing that’s asking us not… — Noah Lugeons Bad thing Copy Share Image
“This person is actually invoking a career in taking advantage of people, deluding people, indoctrinating children, fighting against reality, opposing social progress… — Noah Lugeons Children Copy Share Image
“You can believe any insane, detrimental shit you want, but if you used reason to get there, I can reason you back… — Noah Lugeons Faith Copy Share Image
“As atheists, we stand in awe of a lot of things… but perhaps the thing I’m most in awe of is the… — Noah Lugeons Atheist Copy Share Image
“I would argue that religion itself is a corruption. Isn’t it good enough to look at Jesus as a dubiously historical moral… — Noah Lugeons Good enough Copy Share Image
“There is no greater threat to liberty, peace and progress than theocracy. Right now the Muslims just happen to be leading the… — Noah Lugeons Freedom Copy Share Image
“Sure, if you eat enough mushrooms and get in a sweat lodge, you’ll see all the bright lights and pretty colors Hubble… — Noah Lugeons Chicken soup Copy Share Image
“There’s always a good reason to berate Oprah. Her empire is built entirely on bullshit. She endorses pseudo-science, she promotes psychics, she… — Noah Lugeons Collaboration Copy Share Image
“if takes an asshole to challenge religion, the vanguard of the atheist movement will inevitably over-represent the assholes. Many have argued that… — Noah Lugeons Religion Copy Share Image
“So what exactly did Jesus say about gays? Well, nothing actually, but he did say something about loving the least of god’s… — Noah Lugeons Capital punishment Copy Share Image
“And of course, a religious worldview stands in the way of all of that. It’s not enough to have the right answer… — Noah Lugeons Religion Copy Share Image
“Faith is the exact opposite of science and yet they peddle it as a virtue. Religion” — Noah Lugeons Exact opposite Copy Share Image
“Critically examining a question isn’t something that comes to us innately; you have to learn how to do it.” — Noah Lugeons Critically Copy Share Image
“Eventually you’ll have to come to understand that there is no logical reason to believe in God. If there was, atheists would… — Noah Lugeons Atheists Copy Share Image
“If your idea has merit, it doesn’t need you there to defend it. You can simply place it in the public arena… — Noah Lugeons Doesn Need Copy Share Image
“I’ll admit that both atheists and Christians are guilty of cherry-picking the Bible. In a book so long and rambling, I suppose… — Noah Lugeons Bible Copy Share Image
“Psychologists define cognitive dissonance as “The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs or attitudes; especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude… — Noah Lugeons Change Copy Share Image
“There is a time and a place for nice, but there’s a time and a place for ‘fuck you’ as well. And… — Noah Lugeons First place Copy Share Image
“I remember walking past church services and wondering if it was all an elaborate hoax that everyone was in on but me. … — Noah Lugeons Hoax Copy Share Image
“So I was going to let it go. And then he said something about sickness being 80% mental. And then the poor… — Noah Lugeons Friendship Copy Share Image
