March 2010
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Test o' Fires
by Michael Gibb
Placing Satan in their handbags
they go 'a knocking on doors
where they're least expected
to trade the here-and-now
for everlasting obscurity.
All for a Book filled with the
occult, murderous intentions, and twisted realities
where truth is falsehood and falsehood is gospel
and a simple question
merits the death penalty.
With the pitter-patter of tiny feet
they approach with...
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The Cry
by Michael Pain
Here I am, doubting your existence, questioning your omnipotence. To you they plead their case, to all you refuse to show your face, in the eyes of the believers, the congregation, I am condemned to hell, deserved damnation. Because I choose to think freely, because I do not listen to the cries of the holy man.
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“As people become more intelligent they care less for preaches and more for...”
– Robert G. Ingersoll
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“The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a...”
– Denis Diderot
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“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced...”
– George Bernard Shaw
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“Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people”
– Jesse Ventura
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“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world,...”
– Karl Marx
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“If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save...”
– Isaac Asimov (via oliviaf)
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
– Aldous Huxley (via xavs42)
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“All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is...”
– Aristotle (via schbank)
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“You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do.”
– Author Unknown
Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity... →
“Participants who said they were atheists had an average IQ of 103 in adolescence, while adults who said they were religious averaged 97, the study found. Atheism ‘allows someone to move forward and speculate on life without any concern for the dogmatic structure of a religion,’ Bailey said.
‘Historically, anything that’s new and different can be seen as a threat in...
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“God is not dead. He is alive and working on a much less ambitious project.”
– Graffito
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Question of the Day 18:
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What are your thoughts on capital punishment? What would be the minimal requirment for someone to be given capital punishment? How do you justify killing someone for any reason?
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“Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all...”
– Robert G. Ingersoll
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“Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage,...”
– Henry Mencken
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“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy,...”
– Albert Einstein
Question of the Day 17:
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Would the world benefit if it was rid of religion? How would you support your answer?
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“Religion to me has always been the wound, not the bandage.”
– Dennis Potter
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“Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his...”
– Victor Hugo
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“I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion is anything to do...”
– Bertrand Russell
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“The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord...”
– Robert Heinlein
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“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
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“What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his...”
– Bertrand Russell
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“The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it’s just the best...”
– Carl Sagan (via savagemike)
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“Puritanism - the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
– Henry Mencken
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“I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.”
– Desmond Morris
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“In Heaven all the interesting people are missing.”
– Friedrich Nietzche
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“What a queer thing is Christian salvation! Believing in firemen will not save a...”
– Lemuel Washburn
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Question of the Day 16:
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For what reasons have you chosen to dismiss(or accept) the idea of God as probable?
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“Faith is a device of self-delusion, a sleight of hand done with words and...”
– Author Unknown
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“And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an...”
– Bertrand Russell