"In any open question, we should argue from……" — Dan Barker
"In any open question, we should argue from what we do know to what we do not know. We do know that fervent legends and stubborn myths arise easily and naturally. We do not know that dead people rise from the grave."
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37 Quotes by Dan Barker
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You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need…
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Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward.…
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How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost ?
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I threw out all the bath water, and there was no baby there.
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To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for…
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You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime.
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I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of God. That should be all that needs…
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There is joy in rationality, happiness in clarity of mind. Freethought is thrilling and fulfilling - absolutely essential to mental…
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If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true.…
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Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But…
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There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or…
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