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It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how comfortable or sacred…

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I am continually amazed by the credence given to religious claims in the intellectual community; and, as a human being, i am…
The theist must present an intelligible description of god. Until he does so, god makes no more sense than unie; both are…
The belief in eternal torment, still subscribed to by fundamentalist Christian denominations, undoubtedly ranks as the most vicious and reprehensible doctrine of…
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before…
Christianity cannot erase man's need for pleasure, nor can it eradicate the various sources of pleasure. What it can do, however, and…
Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
Reason is not one tool of thought among many, it is the entire toolbox. To advocate that reason be discarded in some…
I am arguing that faith as such, faith as an alleged method of acquiring knowledge, is totally invalid and as a consequence,…
To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is destructive to human life.
It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how…
If acorns start growing into theologians, or if women begin turning into pillars of salt, then we may wish to hypothesize about…
It is clear that 'social Darwinism' and 'survival of the fittest' were intended by Obama to evoke feelings of fear and disgust.…

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I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I… — Michael Caine
The thought of death leaves me in perfect peace, for I have a firm conviction that our spirit is a being of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I have come to one firm conviction after these many years of trying to figure out the plain truth of things. The… — Ron Paul
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Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of… — Roscoe Conkling
I have a firm conviction that I am immortal until my work is done. — Lottie Moon
It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how… — George H. Smith
What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is… — Adi Shankara
I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and… — Mahatma Gandhi
It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. — R. Lee Ermey
I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience… — Gustave Flaubert

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