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> [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 fair no better, then your religion is just as false as theirs is.](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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-carrier/if-i-had-to-sit-in-heaven-forever-knowing-that-there-are-these-people/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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