Great Quotes (pt2)

" How can a person who is civil and just but ask's for nothing in return be less righteous than those behave justly, but only under threat, and for the aim of a personal reward? "

" I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours "

" God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom? "

" Personally its not god I dislike, its his fan club I cant stand. "

" 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? "

" If I wanted to spend my life believing in something - it would be myself "

" Who are the bigger fool's, those who are born stupid or those who choose stupidity? "

" Living in fear or judgement is not how I will spend my life. Realizing that this life is all I get and your life is all you get, brings a need to make the best of all possible "

" I never understood religion until I witnessed a shackled man being beaten into submission. "Trust me," said the torturer, "when you tell me what I want to hear, the suffering will stop "

" No man ever believes that the holy book means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means. "

" God is my shepard: - Only sheep need a shepard "

" I've found that most people that want to share their religious beliefs with you very rarely want you to share yours with them. "

" Can I just pin you down a little here? What exactly IS a god? You don't know. What is it made of? You don't know. Where is it? You don't know. You learnt about it from a Bronze Age book that claims truth for itself. And at your parents' knee. Is that where your outrageous certainty comes from? "

" Why may I ask is God NEVER held accountable for his actions yet we may burn in hell for OUR actions and if we refuse to believe in him? "

" 100 billion galaxies and 70 sextillion stars in the universe. The creator sends his son (himself) to our obscure planet for 30 years. Didn't he have better things to do? "

" It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. "

" God is Perfect: Perfect beings do not experience anger or suprise towards a sequence of events they knew of in advance."

" Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea. "

" If god was all knowing, would he not know I would become an Atheist? And would he not stop me from becoming one? Or does he want me to goto 'Hell'? "

" Faith... Must be enforced by reason...When faith becomes blind it dies "

" I refuse to seriously discuss god with a believer because there are simply too many gods. After all the believers get together and rationalize their gods into one, then maybe we'll have something to discuss. "

" Why worship a God who may well send you to hell because he chooses to remain hidden and give no proof that he even exists "

" More people have died in the name of god than for any other reason - the Inquisition, Crusades, witch hunts, etc. God must be spinning in his grave. "

" Religious wars: Isnt it ironic that our fear of death could actually be the death of us. "

" You are about as likely to go to heaven, as I am to go to hell "

" Man has always required an explanation for all of those things in the world he did not understand. If an explanation was not available, he created one. "

" We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we ARE apes. "

" Just remember: all religions were cults at one time "

" Science is certain of nothing and requires proof of everything. Faith is certain of everything and requires proof of nothing. "

" If the concept you call god is omnipotent and omnipresent, can you explain to me why you pray? "