101 Atheist Quotes
Atheist Quotes Definitely Worth Taking a Look At
My Top 10:
- I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. - Doug McLeod
- The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. - Richard Dawkins
- Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence. - Anonymous
- It will yet be the proud boast of women that they never contributed a line to the Bible. - George W. Foote
- I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. - Mark Twain
- Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - Epicurus
- If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever. - Woody Allen
- When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. - Robert Pirsig
- I wonder who got the shit job of scouring the planet for the 15000 species of butterfly or the 8800 species of ant they eventually took on board Noah’s Ark. But at least we got that magical rainbow for all their trouble. - Azura Skye
- Jesus hardly made the greatest sacrifice. He knew he would be resurrected anyway. - Anonymous
posted by natalie @ 1:09 PM
7 Comments:
In response to Epicurus, it's called free will.
In response to Wesley, it's called shut up.
Really, I'm sick of the free will excuse. God is responsible for everything good in the world but if something goes wrong, it's you own fucking fault, even though God actually gave the the ability to fuck up. I'm thinking that's a fuck up on God's part.
It sounds like an excuse if you want to make it sound that way, but it would be just as easy for a religious person to look at this list and say, "Wow, what a bunch of whiny heathen pussies."
Fact of the matter is, I'm not trying to defend God (in whom my belief is far from steadfast), but there is a logical answer to the problem of evil in a world created by an omnipotent and benevolent being.
I see your point, but I just can't agree that it is "logical." It's a conclusion that you can arrive at if you are really looking for something to put there, but logical reasoning would lead to the question not even existing.
As for my fun atheist list, I like it. It's pretty obvious that it's not going to convince anyone, but hey, at least I can say the quotes aren't self-referential.
Why is this quote true? Because the quote says it's true! Mmm, not so much. Mostly they are just funny.
I'm pretty sure I'd be a steadfast atheist with or without Epicurus's logic. And yes, I do think that his reasoning can be called logic.
I think the problem is that you're looking for some sort of meta-logic, but when you're arguing Christianity you have to work within its framework, or it's not really fair (and furthermore, admitting the existence of a meta-logic is not that far from admitting the existence of a god). And yes, much of your list is amusing (not the Richard Dawkins quote, though, that guy's a dick-bag). In conclusion:
http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=250
(make sure to read the alt-text)
I fear I must admit defeat. That comic rings true.
Also, Richard Dawkins is a total douchebag. I don't think anyone is denying that.
Note: I actually have much more to say about this in sincerity, but for now:
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/090203/thank-you-bumper-stickers.gif
and
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/032906/human-tick-hybrid.gif
Webcomics: Peacefully resolving conflicts since Al Gore invented the internet.
Clearly we need an all-star team of webcomic artists to intervene in the Middle East.
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