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- aaabatteries, on 01/14/2008, -26/+433"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." -Mahatma Gandhi
Amen. - Scroogl, on 01/14/2008, -46/+379Atheism: A non-prophet organization. Dugg
- MarsSentinel, on 01/14/2008, -41/+230I hate the term "atheist" since it's premise and its structure are anti-god. I don't believe in god but I don't believe in Santa either. I am not an asantist and I am not an atheist. neither am I a abigfootist or aunicornist. Why is god the default position?
- pdsoul, on 01/14/2008, -88/+268Brilliant collection! Wish more people would identify with these...the world would be a better place indeed...
- liah, on 01/14/2008, -29/+196This is my personal favourite. Admittedly I don't remember the source, but its honesty is beautiful.
“We atheists do not believe in gods, or angels, or demons, or souls that endure, or a meeting place after all is said and done where more can be said and done and the point of it all revealed. We don’t believe in the possibility of redemption after our lives, but the necessity of compassion in our lives. We believe in people, in their joys and pains, in their good ideas and their wit and wisdom. We believe in human rights and dignity, and we know what it is for those to be trampled on by brutes and vandals. We may believe that the universe is pitilessly indifferent but we know that friends and strangers alike most certainly are not. We despise atrocity, not because a god tells us that it is wrong, but because if not massacre then nothing could be wrong.”
Could somebody tell me who said it? - morningmatters, on 01/14/2008, -16/+174Some quotes on this list are not from atheists. The quotes are however anti organized religion.
- cbeach, on 01/14/2008, -27/+175The top 1129 (and counting) atheist qutoes, ordered by popularity:
http://www.chrisbeach.co.uk/viewQuotes.php - fate3, on 01/14/2008, -13/+122404 Site Smited by God
- ICSU, on 01/14/2008, -17/+124"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
— Richard Dawkins
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? "
— Douglas Adams
"Calling atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
— Don Hirschberg - JigoroKano, on 01/14/2008, -10/+91Yeah, but who did that joke originally?
- Shakermaker, on 01/14/2008, -22/+84I don't think that believing in God is wrong, naive, or terrible. It only gets to be a problem when you force your beliefs on other people.
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -5/+66Here's a website with the quote. Apparently a professor at Virginia Tech said it in response to the criticism of atheism after the shootings. Thanks for sharing it, I hadn't read it before.
http://theperplexedobserver.blogspot.com/2008/01/w ... - inactive, on 01/14/2008, -60/+117god is an imaginary friend for adults
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -25/+77Holy ***** Christ. I'm skimming through those. These just confirm how absolutely insane fundamentalists are. Here's a gem from the website:
"Athiests as a Majority
This is what it would be like, if the majority of people were athiests.
ATHIEST KID: Mom, I'm going to go ***** a hooker.
ATHIEST MOM: Okay, son.
ATHIEST KID: Afterwards, I'm going to go smoke pot with my friends, since it's "not addictive."
ATHIEST MOM: Okay, come home soon!
The athiest kid leaves the room. The father comes home from work several minutes later.
ATHIEST DAD: Hey!
ATHIEST MOM: Hi, honey! I'm pregnant again. I guess I'll just get another abortion, since "fetuses don't count as human life."
ATHIEST DAD: Okay, get as many abortions as you want!
ATHIEST MOM: Oh, and don't go in the bedroom.
ATHIEST DAD: Why not?
ATHIEST MOM: There are two gay men ***** eachother in there.
ATHIEST DAD: Why are they here?
ATHIEST MOM: I wanted to watch them do it for awhile. They just aren't finished yet.
ATHIEST DAD: Okay, that's fine with me!
Suddenly, their neighbor runs into the house.
ATHIEST NEIGHBOR: Come quick, there's a Christian outside!
ATHIEST MOM: We'll be right there!
The athiest couple quickly put on a pair of black robes and hoods. They then exit the house, and run into the street, where a Christian is nailed to a large, wooden X. He is being burned alive. A crowd of athiests stand around him, all wearing black robes and hoods.
RANDOM ATHIEST: Damn you, Christian! We hate you! We claim to be tolerant of all religions. But we really hate your's! That's because we athiests are hypocritical like that! Die, Christian!
THE END
Scary, isn't it?" - shaka776, on 01/14/2008, -15/+66Yeah, not real fond that they are labeled "Atheist" by the submitter. Thomas Jefferson had belief in God, and I love the fact that he believed God would rather someone question his existence and believe than have a blind fear of it.
- Angostura, on 01/14/2008, -1/+51You're getting confused. Putting the 'a' prefix on something does not mean you are anti anything. The 'anti' prefix is for that. An ameoba that reproduces asexually is not 'antisex'. An apolitical position is not anti-political. atonal music is not 'anti-melody'. Atheism is the absence of belief in gods nothing more.
- Almidayas, on 01/14/2008, -13/+62It's missing "I refuse to believe in a God that requires constant praise." -Nietzshe
- JigoroKano, on 01/14/2008, -9/+51Like not collecting stamps is a hobby.
- mul4mbo, on 01/14/2008, -1/+42That reminds me, Mitch Hedberg said "Fettuccine alfredo is macaroni & cheese for adults."
- Shawn4168, on 01/14/2008, -13/+52The sad thing is that so many people simply ignore the first sentence of that quote. Just because you hate the followers of Christ is not a good reason to not believe in Christ yourself. As a Christian, I agree that the vast, vast, majority of us are very much unlike Christ. And I hate hearing some of the things that I do from some Christians. But that's no reason to hate Christ himself. He didn't do anything wrong. We did.
- gizmo12688, on 01/14/2008, -12/+50Richard Jeni has probably my favorite one:
"You’re basically killing each other to see who’s got the better imaginary friend." - GMorgan, on 01/14/2008, -10/+45"There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages."
I like that one because it's true. - LokitheComplex, on 01/14/2008, -1/+32Admit it! You are an asantist!
- floridiot2, on 01/14/2008, -7/+38I don't think atheists believe in reincarnation.
- pintomp3, on 01/14/2008, -7/+37the catholic church is full of atheists?
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -9/+38So...your God is allowing death, murder, disease, etc. so that we can appreciate God more?
"Is he able but not willing? then he is malevolent" - aaabatteries, on 01/14/2008, -1/+29nope. I am a Christian.
- hierophantus, on 01/14/2008, -4/+32I will never be dead. Once I die, I will no longer exist. Therefore, *I* will not *be* anything. The body I once used will rot, but that will not be me.
- iMyst, on 01/14/2008, -10/+38In 24 hours we had the most ridiculous Christian quotes, and the most inspiring atheist quotes. I wonder where the Digg population stands...
edit: I should mention I'm agnostic. ;-) - jezsik, on 01/14/2008, -10/+37Yes, as does the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
- BoneheadFarker, on 01/14/2008, -4/+30My favourite is:
I am a bit troubled. I believe my son has a girlfriend, because she left a dirty magazine with men in it under his bed. My son is only 16 and I really don't think he's ready to date yet. What's worse is that he's sneaking some girl to his room behind my back. I need help, God! I want my son to stop being so secretive! - ZenMojo, on 01/14/2008, -3/+28Atheism != humanism anymore than theism = Christianity.
- MrJonnyPantz, on 01/14/2008, -4/+28"Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority." - Stephen Colbert
- MxM111, on 01/14/2008, -12/+36My favorite is #42 (it must be about life, univerce and everything, right?):
42. Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
- Epicurus - fthead9, on 01/14/2008, -35/+59Now that is what you call a thought provoking start to the day, great stuff.
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -2/+25What a big fat non-sequitor you have there?
There is NO commonality concerning atheism except for the lack of belief in a god.
Zen Buddhist, Scientologist, Satanist and a multitude of others are atheistic so you don't really have a point. - AxeSwinger, on 01/14/2008, -1/+24If your god promises misery in life for eternal paradise later, you can keep him. I'll try to make this life better for everyone i meet.
- Fenix, on 01/14/2008, -2/+24Einstein also said this
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
"I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it." - moxx, on 01/14/2008, -9/+30Though this is probably going to be dugg down and considered "spam"...I actually made a blog about this very topic:
http://moizkhan.com/blog/?p=28
I don't really care for web traffic (no ads), but I would however wish people would be read some of the greatest statements ever made... - stackered, on 01/14/2008, -9/+29"The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike."
Delos B. McKown - ArchieAndrews, on 01/14/2008, -11/+30Are you a person of faith? Do those quotes apply to your "atheism" regarding Thor or Zeus?
- DooM, on 01/14/2008, -2/+20I don't need to be tortured to appreciate not being tortured - I don't need millions dead from famine, disease or war to know what 'evil' is. I would argue that story telling does a good job of giving us those ideas. I've never personally been stuck in a pod by robotic overlords and shoved into a Matrix, but I can relate that evil to my own life despite the fact that it is completely fictional.
- superfuxxorr, on 01/15/2008, -1/+19You should study more of Stan Marsh's work. He's definately one of the preeminent philosophers of our time.
- Campog, on 01/14/2008, -2/+20I think this was a joke intended to make fun of the percieved right wing bias in many public school. Sheesh people, "press charges on her!" calm down and lighten up
- MaTT2011, on 01/14/2008, -4/+22Wait.....Dane cook is a comedian?! He tells jokes!?
I really couldn't tell, what with the lack of funny and all... - toastybeast, on 01/14/2008, -1/+19Here's someone who obviously knows their fair share of science.
"One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is accepted EVERYWHERE BY EVERYONE. Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time became more complex. That just isn't possible: UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it. [emphasis added]"
The second law of thermodynamics does not state that it is impossible for anything to become more ordered, just that, over time, the overall entropy of a system will increase.
Oh, and there just so happens to be "giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy." I believe it's commonly referred to as the sun. - frederoil, on 01/14/2008, -10/+28my imaginary friend tells me to burn things.
- tschau, on 01/14/2008, -4/+22oh, I thought those were the consensus of every living Christian on the planet. My mistake.
- zeiben, on 01/14/2008, -2/+20asantist is, of course, an anagram for satanist. ooh, I smell a DaVinci code sequel....
- bwpayne, on 01/14/2008, -1/+18There was an "eternity" before you were born too.
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