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Some people criticize philosophy as pointless navel-gazing. But there is a lot more to it than just that. There’s also a lot of beard-stroking: and to my experience, quite a lot of arrogant condescension too.

— Aron Ra Philosophistry (2017)

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Your greatest strength, Ray, and possibly your only strength, is in pretending that you don't understand simple things.

It doesn’t matter what you believe; all that matters is why you believe it, and how accurate you can show your beliefs to be.

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Theism is nothing more than a bunch of fables made up by superstitious primitives. Having a doctorate in theology is consequently not significantly different than having a PhD in Mother Goose.

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When people use religion as their only reason for whatever laws they want to impose of people or on other things, these are always mostly unjust.

Who would want to be trapped in a house with an indomitable telepathic despot and have to guard your thoughts –or be voluntarily mindless- and endure that existence forever and ever?

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