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My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on…
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has…
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As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending…
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It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share…
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Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims…
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Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love,…
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I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in…
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Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic,…
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You…
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding…
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That…
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
— Ambrose Bierce
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We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in…
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Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy.…
— Henry Fielding
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It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are…
— Pope John Paul II
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Beyond all our actions stands the larger shadow: How are we to choose between what we have been taught to think right…
— Jacob Bronowski
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Animals manifestly enjoy excitement, and suffer from annul and may exhibit curiosity.
— Charles Darwin
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The only constitutional exception to the power of making treaties is, that it shall not change the Constitution.… On natural principles, a…
— Alexander Hamilton
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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…
— Richard Carrier
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My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone…
— Edwin Land
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Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.
— James Prescott Joule
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It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers…
— Gerrit Smith
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