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It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before or since, capitalized…

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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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When enough Americans realize how rotten are the fruits of our policy of 'benign neglect,' how costly our prejudice is both in… — John Howard Griffin
Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. — Heinrich Heine
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum, or in… — Benjamin Rush
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before… — George H. Smith
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish… — John F. Kennedy
As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, so I could not be content now, but I… — Daniel Defoe
It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes… — Neal A. Maxwell
You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery. — Norman Borlaug
I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have a great regard for certain notions of… — Saul Leiter
What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming… — Kurt Vonnegut
Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our… — Jared Diamond

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