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All I’m arguing for really is that we should have a conversation where the best ideas really thrive, where there’s no taboo against criticizing bad id...more

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The problem with religion, because it's been sheltered from criticism, is that it allows people to believe en masse what only idiots or lunatics could...more

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Theology is ignorance with wings.

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It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that, they are ge...more

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Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. ...more

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When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is impos...more

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Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly.

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Needless to say, there are people who hate Arabs, Somalis, and other immigrants from predominantly Muslim societies for racist reasons. But if you can...more

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What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.

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We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.

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The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, i...more

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The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil is insurmountable. Those who claim to have surmounted it, by recourse ...more

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There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable.

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According to the most common interpretation of biblical prophecy, Jesus will return only after things have gone horribly awry. Imagine the consequence...more

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In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get seventy-...more