"The truths of religion are never so well understood as
by those who have lost the power of reasoning"
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"Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and
bloody religion that has ever infected the world."
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"Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people."
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"Every sensible man, every honest man, must hold the Christian
sect in horror. But what shall we substitute in it's place? you
say. What? A ferocious animal has sucked the blood of my relatives.
I tell you to rid yourselves of this beast, and you ask me what
you shall put in it's place?"
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"Christians have been the most intolerant of all men."
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"When he that speaks, and he to whom he speaks, neither
of them understand what is meant, that is metaphysics."
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"The first priest was the first rogue who met the first
fool."
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"It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have
imagined that virginity could be a virtue."
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"I have only made but one prayer in my life: "O Lord,
make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it."
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"If Christians want us to believe in a Redeeder, let them
act redeemed."
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"Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy
quenches them."
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"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
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"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to
laugh."
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"The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is
to the tyrant."
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"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue
to commit atrocities."
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"Our wretched species is so mad that those who walk on the
well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing
a new road."
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"God created sex. Priests created marriage."
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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as
by those who have lost their power of reasoning."
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"A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live
without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live."
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"The man who says to me, 'Believe as I do, or God will damn
you,' will presently say, 'Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate
you.'"
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"You will notice that in all disputes between Christians
since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine
which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated
reason."
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"For many centuries the sword and cross were allies. Together
they attacked the rights of man. They defended each other."
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"Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted
by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen
of God...."
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"All good Christians glory in the folly of the Cross. Nothing
can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and
common sense."
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"Holy Scripture: A book sent down from heaven.... Holy Scriptures
contain all that a Christian should know and believe, provided
he adds to it a million or so commentaries.
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"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the
side of those who shoot best."
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"Would you believe that while the flames were consuming
these innocent victims, the inquisitors and the other savages
were chanting prayers? These pitiless monsters were invoking the
God of mercy...While committing the most atrocious crime."
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"In the midst of all the doubts which we have discussed
for 4000 years in 4000 ways, the safest course is to do nothing
against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life
and have no fear from death."
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"Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism
is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires
no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed
to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed."
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"What effect will logic have upon a religious gentleman
who firmly believes that a God of infinite compassion sent two
bears to tear thirty or forty children in pieces for laughing
at a bald-headed prophet?"
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"Devil: The black sheep of the heavenly host, and the main
prop of the Church....Without the devil God would cut but a sorry
figure at best. The love of God is frequently but the fear of
the devil."
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"The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of
man is the same as the son of God. God, the father, is the same
as Christ, the son; Christ, the son, is the same as God, the father.
This language may appear confused to unbelievers, but Christians
will readily understand it."
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"Most of the great men of this world live as if they were
atheists. Every man who has lived with his eyes open, knows that
the knowledge of a God, his presence, and his justice, has not
the slightest influence over the wars, the treaties, the objects
of ambition, interest, or pleasure, in the pursuit of which they
are wholly occupied."
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"Every sensible man, every honest man, must hold
the Christian sect in horror. But what shall we substitute in its
place? you say. What? A ferocious animal has sucked the blood of
my relatives. I tell you to rid yourselves of this beast, and you
ask me what you shall put in its place?" |