19 quotes
“Either God is love or he is not. If he is love, he cannot punish his creatures just for not believing in him.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“Isn’t it ironic that religious freedom comes precisely from secularism, that is, from vetoing the intrusion of religion into politics?”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“I don’t want to believe, I want to know.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“Any ideology that threatens with punishment those who reject it is perverse and deserves to be rejected.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“Religion is the illusion of having answers to questions to which no one has answers.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“Next to the history of Christianity, the scariest horror movie is comedy.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“There is no greater pleasure than to be a freethinker.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“Where there is no reflection, there is manipulation.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“If life on Earth is evidence of God’s existence, the absence of life on seven planets and five dwarf planets wins 12 to 1 as evidence of his nonexistence.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“We were born atheists. Therefore, it’s normal to be an atheist. If we were born believing in God, that is, knowing that God exists, there would be only one god and everyone would worship him.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“I find it extremely unlikely that God exists. Yet, if he does exist, let him exist! So what? If God exists, it’s not necessary to believe in him, and if he doesn’t, much less.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“Some more than others, but all religions are dictatorships of thought, because they dictate how their adherents must think, what they can accept and what they must reject.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“The gods of religions are ridiculous, there is no evidence, let alone convincing, that God exists and, in and of itself, the idea of God doesn’t even make sense. Believing in God is, therefore, a tremendous waste of time (and, if you are a church member, money).”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“One of the principal reasons why so many people believe the evidently fantastic stories of the Bible is the fact that it’s an ancient book. If it had been written these days, an overwhelming majority would not think twice before considering it a work of fiction.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“Yahweh is comparable to the powerful boss of a mafia clan who spreads fear through threats, violence and murder in order to gain power, control and respect. Of what value are worship and obedience out of fear? Taking pleasure in this kind of devotion is typical of dictators.”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)
“How many pieces of evidence are needed to recognize that the Creator of the Universe either doesn’t exist or doesn’t give a damn about his creation? For me, one is sufficient: churches that collapse on believers during worship service.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“If Humanity can be saved and this Pale Blue Dot transformed into a really good place to live, at least without poverty and wars, then not by people who see life as worthless and spend it dreaming of mansions of gold in an imaginary world, but by people who don’t flee from reality and are guided not by primitive mythological beings, but by reason: freethinkers.”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“I’m not against God existing. I just have no reasons to believe that he exists. Believing is not a virtue. I’m not able to accept incoherences, nor do I know why I should. If what is incoherent deserves to be rejected, how much more what is perverse!”
Liberated from Religion: The Inestimable Pleasure of Being a Freethinker (2022)
“In addition to torture (the scourge of Christ) and cannibalism (drinking the blood and eating the flesh of Christ, the ritual known as the Holy Communion), it’s indisputable that Christianity is founded on human sacrifice and filicide. What is the Son’s death on the cross, if not human sacrifice to placate the Father’s wrath?”
Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)