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You are better than your god. You are better than your religion.

— Matt Dillahunty

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A god that does not manifest in reality is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist.

A god that rewards credulity, a god that sanctions slavery, is unworthy of any kind of reverence or respect or devotion.

Is there anything that one couldn't believe based on faith?

Despite people's claims to the contrary, I think that a proper application of skepticism when viewing religious claims does necessarily lead to atheism.

Faith is the excuse people give for believing something when they don't have evidence.

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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