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“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.”

— Paulo Bittencourt Wasting Time on God: Why I Am an Atheist (2023)

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“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)

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