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Nov 13, 2008 Great quotes: Barack Obama, On dogma and religious certainty
I would love to see an atheist win presidency in the US, but until that happens I think the next best thing is to have someone who does not overindulge in their beliefs - one who makes decisions with logic and understanding over blind guidance from faith. The first time I saw Obama and took a liking to him was during one of his speeches on the separation of church and state. I couldn't help thinking to myself, "A smart Christian politician who believes in keeping faith personal - am I dreaming?!"
Nov 12, 2008 Great quotes: Andy Rooney, Prophets are to be trusted as reporters
I came across this great quote while reading Daniel Dennett's Breaking The Spell: Religion as a natural phenomenon. Andy Rooney compares prophets of god such as Moses and Joseph Smith to reporters who will do anything to get a story. This quote is not only humorous, but it also brings up a very valid point of the claims made by people who - were they alive to make such claims in our modern world - would be treated with mental illness.
Oct 23, 2008 Great Quotes: We live as though the world were as it should be
Nothing in the world is the way it ought to be. It's harsh and cruel. That's why there's us. Champions. It doesn't matter where we come from, what we've done or suffered, or even if we make a difference. We live as though the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be.
Oct 11, 2008 Great quotes: Richard Dawkins, Whose side is God on? 2006
Predators seem beautifully 'designed' to catch prey animals, while the prey animals seem equally beautifully 'designed' to escape them. Whose side is God on?
Oct 11, 2008 Great quotes: Richard Dawkins, Irreducible complexity 2006
Richard Dawkins, a man who probably needs no introductions to anyone reading this. He is a an atheist activist, brilliant biologist and successful author. The following quote is an excerpt from his book The God Delusion. Here he is talking about the creationist argument of irreducible complexity and makes the perfect analogy of a magic trick and the abhorrent reaction of jumping to supernatural conclusions.
Oct 11, 2008 Great quotes: Sam Harris, Sanity in numbers 2004
Sam Harris is an atheist author and philosopher. He has written a couple books regarding religion from an atheistic and objective perspective. The following quote is from The End Of Faith about how people who have delusions by themselves are considered insane, but if many people share the same delusion, its religion.
Oct 08, 2008 Great quotes: Senator Barry Goldwater - 1981
This is a great quote from Senator Barry Goldwater regarding his position on keeping true to our country's original foundation of being secular. Our government is in desperate need of more people like Goldwater. It is frightening, the level of which Christianity has infected this country and taken hold in every deep dark corner as the famed and mysterious Illuminati once did.
Oct 03, 2008 Great quotes: Thomas Paine, Profession of Faith 1794
Thomas Paine was a man who got his name etched deep in American history; He was a revolutionary intellectual who had influenced both the American and French revolutions. This excerpt is of his formal profession of faith in his book "The Age Of Reason." Paine was a deist in terms of religious faith which greatly separated his idea of "God" from more traditional cults such as Christianity. There are a few parts of this excerpt that are worthy of memorizing, but the most powerful phrase that just happens to also be my favorite is "My own mind is my own church."
Oct 03, 2008 Great quotes: Ralph Emerson, The American Scholar 1837
This is an excerpt from Ralph Emerson's 1837 speech entitled "The American Scholar." The problem he was addressing is still as evident, if not more pronounced today than it was 171 years ago. You can read the full speech Here
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