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Mostly Humorous Observations by Atheists etc

• "to be honest.... i think Wendy Wright wins this debate -- there's no way natural selection could be true if she exists"
  [A Youtube comment on "Richard Dawkins Interviews Creationist Wendy Wright . 7 parts -- part 2 is blocked in the UK due a crazy Channel 4 policy , so use a proxy server (!) ]
  
  
   

• "No, God's Penis is not a biological organ. I never said God's Penis was the same as man's penis. Obviously it wouldn't be. That is why I pointed out God has a Holy, Righteous Penis. That is to say, it's not the same as man's corrupted, fleshy one." [ ... Best reply? "But what about God's asshole? ... Oh, wait. That's you." ]

• "My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them." - Abraham Lincoln
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•   Man I'd tap those Westboro chicks. They'll probably fuck anything as well. [Youtube comment on Louis Theroux - America's Most Hated Family IN CRISIS]
  

• "No Evidence of Non-existence – Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

In an oddly distorted, negative universe Christian apologists declare that there is "no evidence" for their godman's non-existence, as if it should be quite natural to believe in the most fantastic, illogical and unsubstantiated claims unless there was evidence to the contrary. If this stance had any viability, why stop at Jesus? Why not believe in Zeus, leprechauns and the tooth fairy?"
[Kenneth Humphreys -- jesusneverexisted.com]

• if we were made in god's image, then why aren't humans invisible too? [50 best atheism quotes]

• god doesn't exist. so, i guess that means no one loves you [50 best atheism quotes]

• Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time [Richard Dawkins]

• The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts [Bertrand Russell]

• For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. [Carl Sagan]

• "intelligent design" helping stupid people feel smart since 1987

• if atheism is a belief, then not collecting stamps is a hobby

• Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.

• 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

• "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" -- Douglas Adams

• "Remember what the goldfish said? There must be a god! I mean, who changes the water?" - Juggernaut

• "We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further" -- Richard Dawkins

• "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence" -- Christopher Hitchens

• “In God We Trust.” I don’t believe it would sound any better if it were true [Mark Twain]

• Religion is God’s way of telling us he doesn’t exist.

• If Uri Geller bends spoons with divine powers, then he's doing it the hard way. [James Randi]