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A new idea is the result of the dethroning of a reigning God.

Christopher Hyatt

In spite of centuries wasted in preaching God's omnipotence, his omnipotence is contradicted by every Christian judgment and every Christian prayer.

George Santayana

Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, and yet he will be making gods by the dozens.

Montaigne

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.

Mark Twain

Darwin was wrong. Man's still an ape. His creed's still a totem pole. When he first achieved the upright position, he took a look at the stars, and thought they were something to eat. When he couldn't reach them, he decided they were groceries belonging to a bigger creature. That's how Jehovah was born.

Gene Kelly, "Inherit the Wind"

A one-planet deity has for me little appeal.

Harlow Shipley

The density of matter in the Universe is only 20 drops of water in a billion cubic miles. That's all the creation the good Lord's come up with, and it's no big thing.

John Dobson, Astronomer

As far as I can determine, God is an abstract noun that refers to the general set of singularities resulting from any process of extrapolation based on incomplete information.

Mark Thompson

Men have believed in a God who was an omnipotent fiend, a demon quite unknown to the devil-worship of the past - a curse that sat enthroned amid the universe, breathing horror all abroad, and brooding down in blackness on the souls of men. And the ascending smoke of torment was to magnify the features of his monstrous majesty.

Gerald Massey

The God of the Bible can only be adored by individuals whose minds are not emancipated wholly from the thralldom of barbarism, and who regard Jehovah as a man, and not a good one either, or, as we have before remarked a devil.

Dr. Thomas Inman, British Royal Physician, Ancient Faiths and Modern, 255

The Jehovah of the Jews is a suspicious tyrant, who breathes nothing but blood, murder, and carnage, and who demands that they should nourish him with the vapours of animals. The Jupiter of the Pagans is a lascivious monster. The Moloch of the Phoenicians is a cannibal. The pure mind of the Christians resolved, in order to appease his fury, to crucify his own son. The savage god of the Mexicans cannot be satisfied without thousands of mortals which are immolated to his sanguinary appetite.

Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach

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there is a tremendous need to address this subject, which, because of crazed Islamic fanatics, strikes fear in the hearts of many non-Muslims. Competing with Christianity,We are emboldened to tackle this subject not only because of Islam's expansion and the coming together of its leaders from around the world, but also because certain Muslim leaders, anxious to rectify Islam's bad rap, are making statements such as, "There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world,and 99.9% are peace-loving" Islam represents one of the bloodiest, most repressive and unappealing ideologies that humankind has yet come up with.

About sixty-one percent of the contents of the Koran are found to speak ill of the unbelievers or call for their violent conquest; at best only 2.6 percent of the verses of the Koran are noted to show goodwill toward humanity. About seventy-five percent of Muhammad's biography (Sira) consists of jihad waged on unbelievers."

"my God is bigger than your god" game works... We have just made our God bigger and better than yours. And, hopefully, expanded your mind.shoving their interpretation down everyone else's throats, or, as the case may be, into their minds. Competing books are written and/or compiled as to the nature and desires of this god person, and wars are fought in his name.

With the new millennium, increasing numbers of people have heard about the "One World Religion" purportedly being planned by the ruling elite, i.e., the "Illuminati," "Masons," or various other cultic/religious interests. Many people believe that such a One World Religion, if indeed a planned development, will be a form of Catholicism or "New Age Spiritualism," while others such as Jews and Muslims insist that their ideologies will rule the world.

Many seekers of truth have discarded their traditional spiritual practices in favor of what they consider a superior system, i.e., Buddhism, which does indeed offer concepts that are more cosmic and less repressive than the Western religions.

Again, why did the "perfect" God make such an imperfect creature in the first place that he would need to save it? Is this some sadistic cat-and-mouse game?

"""The Good Book'' is a blueprint of in-group morality, complete with instructions for genocide, enslavement of out-groups, and world domination

In many cases, such as in Revelation, they are not prophecies at all but astrotheological statements. As we have seen, all sorts of people have twisted the OT comments to appear to be predicting Christ

The "Song of Solomon" and some "Psalms" could be accepted as "beautiful literature," but much of the Bible is obscene and vile,The Dhammapada or the Tao Te Ching, to name but a couple, are far more beautifully and comprehensibly written and conveyed,

"Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants dare not, because they might lose customers. Men of fashion dare not, fearing that they would lose caste. Even clerks dare not, because they might be discharged.

Were most atheist brought up as atheist or in some sought of religion or belief then some how down the road in there life change their minds

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just as the Lord commanded. *****And AARON cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

exodus 8- 10

how do you win supporters without insults ..

can you win theist over by showing love, compassion, intelligence, caring by not using the word God

why do"most" atheist just show anger whenever they answer a question..

bear in mind most of us are born and raised in a theist house hold and community.. and don't know anything else it doesn't matter how much education we got its just the way of upbringing ...

why is it when i read the bible i fill more misled and confused sometimes even angry...

why is it that when i go to church i find myself (in my heart) arguing or laughing at the pastor ,reverend ...

why do i always end up sleeping in church

why do i forget to pray and if i do i fill stupid ... (including in the church)

and don't tell (ask) me to pray i tried are there other alternatives

Are pastors or reverends really happy people or is it just a front for the public?

if not why does in fall on R/S especially the spiritual part.

if there are differences do many people know about these ...

artifacts including the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, and the Moai of Easter Island. Further examples include a medieval map known as the Piri Reis Map, allegedly showing the Earth as it is seen from space, and the Nazca lines in Peru,

they are impossible tasks to archive thousands of years ago without the help of superior intelligence or deities (gods) for regular bronze age humans...

Even your hero Charles Darwin who proposed the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. believed in a deity and even studied christian theology in college..he even he responded that he had never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God, and that generally "an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

2 the most powerful people in the world Presidents, CEO's kings scientist emperors celebs.. you name them worship a deity..it doesn't matter what kind: Lucifer, God Amon, Ra .. point is they know they answer to some deity who shows them secrets (i think) we don't know about..

what makes you so sure as an atheist there are absolutely no deity..