XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.islam, alt.society.liberalism   
   From: dead@gone.com   
      
   On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:17:07 -0400, Freedom Man wrote:   
      
   > "Kurt Nicklas"  wrote in message   
   > news:MPG.2c3346b3e7ba0c39896c9@reader80.eternal-september.org...   
   >> WHY AREN?T LIBERALS MORE CRITICAL OF ISLAM?   
   >   
   > Because they are intelligent enough to see it is just another bullshit   
   > "religion" that does the human race far more harm than good!   
      
   Where Knickers' mock outrage falls apart is where he has to pretend that   
   Christianity offers some sort of improvement over Islam.  This, mind you,   
   is the same Knickers who posted a bible passage a few weeks ago calling   
   for the deaths of anyone caught working on the sabbath.   
   >   
   > See what RELIGION does to peoples' minds?   
   >   
   > Adults no longer believe in the Tooth Fairy - but they still torture and   
   > kill each other over ancient myths and superstitions.   
   >   
   > "We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of   
   > love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the   
   > genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell."   
   > --- Karl Popper   
   >   
   > "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When   
   > many people suffer from a delusion, it is called Religion."   
   >  --- Robert M. Pirsig   
   >   
   > Either God wants to abolish evil and cannot, or he can but does not want   
   > to.   
   > If he wants to but cannot he is impotent. If he can but does not want   
   > to, he is wicked. If he neither can nor wants to, then he is both   
   > powerless and wicked.   
   > --- Epicurus, Greek philosopher, circa 300 B.C.   
   >   
   > "Act of God" disasters like the Japanese earthquake expose the myth.   
   > Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't   
   > care to, or he doesn't exist. He is thus either impotent, evil, or   
   > imaginary.   
   > --- CNN Belief Blog, 3-20-11   
   >   
   > "With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things   
   > and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil   
   > things, that takes religion."   
   > --- Steven Weinberg, quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999   
   >   
   > "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from   
   > religious conviction." --- Blaise Pascal.   
   >   
   > "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as   
   > false, and by rulers as useful."   
   > --- Seneca the Younger (4? BC - 65 AD)   
   >   
   > "Religion once ruled the world. It was called the Dark Ages." --- Ruth   
   > Green.   
   >   
   > "Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings." ---   
   > Victor Stenger.   
   >   
   > "I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose." ---   
   > Clarence Darrow   
   >   
   > "As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of   
   > religion." --- Butterfly McQueen   
   >   
   > "Religion was invented when the first con-man met the first fool." -   
   > Mark Twain   
   >   
   > "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." --- Mark Twain   
   >   
   > "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character   
   > in all fiction." --- Richard Dawkins   
   >   
   > "Cult today, religion tomorrow."   
   >   
   > The Freedom From Religion Foundation:  http://ffrf.org/   
   > The Secular Coalition for America:  www.secular.org Secular Student   
   > Alliance:  www.secularstudents.org www.infidels.org   
   > www.humaniststudies.org www.atheistalliance.org www.americanhumanist.org   
      
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