" Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. " | " One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding. " | " Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. " |
" Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. " | " The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference. " | " I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. " |
" We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. " | " Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one. " | " Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. " |