Quotes

George Orwell

Rory — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:45:09 +0000

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

Nietzsche

Rory — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:04:43 +0000

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?"

Charles Moffat

Rory — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:03:01 +0000

"Trying to convert an atheist to a religion is like trying to turn water into wine. It isn't going to happen so don't waste your time."

Gene Roddenberry

Rory — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:33:34 +0000

"Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all."

Paul Hampson

Rory — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:35:46 +0000

"Religion creates the most useful of slaves: those who think they are free."

Richard Dawkins

Rory — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:37:30 +0000

"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."

Richard Dawkins

Rory — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:36:58 +0000

"Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakeable truth through the power of institutions and passage of time"

George Carlin

Rory — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:36:34 +0000

"Religion easily has the best bullshit story of all time. Think about it. Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man . . . living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of 10 specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money."

Bill Maher

Rory — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:10:48 +0000

“…it gives people comfort and doesn’t hurt anything..” ....... “Other than, most wars, the crusades, the inquisition, 911, arranged marriages to minors, blowing up girls schools, the suppression of women and homosexuals, fatwas, ethnic cleansing, honor rape, human sacrifice, burning witches, suicide bombing, condoning slavery and the systematic f*ing of children…I’ve got a few problems.”

Alan Watts

Rory — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:06:09 +0000

"The true believer justifies and even glorifies his invincible stupidity as a 'leap of faith' or 'sacrifice of the intellect."