05 4 / 2012
"Stay away from the church. In the battle over science vs. religion, science offers credible evidence for all the serious claims it makes. The church says, ‘Oh, it’s right here in this book, see? The one written by people who thought the sun was magic?’ I for one would like to see some proof that there is a God. And if you say ‘a baby’s smile’ I’m going to kick you right in the stomach."
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17 2 / 2012
Make tea not war.: “The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man to...
“The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man to destructive courses, the world could actually come to an end. The plain fact is, religion must die for mankind to live. The hour is getting very late to be able to indulge in having in key decisions made by religious people. By…
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17 2 / 2012
"If I married a fundamentalist Christian… and I’ve gotta figure it’d be really great angry sex… I would want my kid to be exposed to both sides of the equation, I wouldn’t want to keep the kid from church, I would want to expose him to everything and then allow him or her to make their own decision, because for a humanist to unscrew his kids head and pour all the bullshit in… is really just as much of a crime. You’re inhibiting critical thinking from the other side."
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17 2 / 2012
Bill Maher talking to Father Reginald Foster, a senior Vatican priest:
BM: The date of Jesus’ birth really wasn’t established until 349 AD.
RF: Oh yeah, that’s because… he might have been born on July 3rd. These are all just nice stories, you know.
BM: And that doesn’t bother you either?
RF: Well it bothers me when everyone says “Oh, we have to have midnight mass because Jesus was born at midnight on the 25th”. This is all nonsense.
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24 1 / 2012
"Some of you say religion makes you happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey."
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24 1 / 2012
"Not one man in ten thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an atheist."
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24 1 / 2012
"I give money for church organs in the hope that the organ music will distract the congregation’s attention from the rest of the service."
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16 12 / 2011
"(Between the 1990 and 2001 studies, the) greatest increase in absolute as well as in percentage terms has been among those adults who do not subscribe to any religious identification. Their number has more than doubled from 14.3 million in 1990 to 29.4 million in 2001. (Furthermore), their proportion has grown from just eight percent of the total in 1990 to over fourteen percent in 2001."
