Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts

Judeo-christianity is voluntary serfdom to a hypothetical king.

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How could it be that in the US, where slavery and aristocracy are officially rejected, where freedom and individuality are more possible tha...

God is the simplest possible conspiracy theory.

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God, guns, and gold

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A few decades ago it first occurred to me that American conservatism can be boiled down to an obsession with god, guns, and money (or to com...

The power of lying honestly.

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Do inspiring schemers like the pope, Hitler, L. Ron Hubbard, George Bush 1&2, Limbaugh, know they are duping people? Or do they believe ...

Comedians are often atheists because they can recognize a funny hypothetical situation.

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Religion is a game of telephone mistaken for a direct line.

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The holy trinity of circular reason

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Also works as a computer program loop: 10 The bible is the word of god 20 What the bible says is true 30 If the bible says it i...

The purest form of evil is moral certitude.

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What better way to shield yourself from critique than to claim the unknowable?

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Ethics is to religion what home cooking is to fast food.

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Why do we believe in the necessity of belief?

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In conversations, I often hear the emphatic phrase “I believe in …” referring to any controversial or improbable subject. For example, I hea...

Science learnes from mistakes. Religion ritualizes them.

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Dangerous when organized

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There are five things that are more dangerous when organized: crime, violence, greed, irrationality, and selfishness. Organized crime is the...