On #Religion
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"When you come to look into this argument from design, it is a most astonishing thing that people can believe that this world, with all the things that are in it, with all its defects, should be the best that omnipotence and omniscience has been able to produce in millions of years."
— Bertrand Russell
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"It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion."
— Bertrand Russell
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"People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it’s a much better argument against foxholes. "
— Kurt Vonnegut
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"There are no atheists in foxholes."
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"Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of 'the flock'."
— Christopher Hitchens