Atheist QOTD

31st July 2010

Admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:06 +0000

“God's guidance is the only excuse for a man who can't find a better justification for his actions.”

Anon.

30th July 2010

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:08 +0000

“It is wrong to have faith in faith; it is not a reliable route to truth.”

George Byron

29th July 2010

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:08 +0000

“Everyone has ideas they hold precious. Only you, the religious, demand to be protected from debate or scrutiny that might discomfort you.”

Johann Hari

28th July 2010

Admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:13 +0000

“When it comes to choosing one particular religion over another, it seems to be largely a matter of indoctrination; the best predictor of a person's religious beliefs is the beliefs held by his or her parents.”

James Richmond

27th July 2010

Admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:10 +0000

“The only 'New Atheists' are the children that are born every day, before they are indoctrinated into whatever religion their family/society happens to practice.”

Anon.

26th July 2010

Admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:14 +0000

“During the middle years of the 20th Century, Ireland's bishops could make or break governments, and until the 1990s and the sex abuse scandals, the Catholic hierarchy held a firm grip on national legislation that banned divorce, limited the sale of contraceptives and criminalized homosexual activity.”

Tom Hundley

25th July 2010

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:08 +0000

“Rights are for individuals, not for religions or beliefs. 'Every human is equal' does not mean that every belief is equal.”

Maryam Namazie

24th July 2010

Admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:10 +0000

“The papal office has an unparalleled record of corruption and criminality over the centuries, and the true history of the popes is one of scandals, cruelty, debauchery, reigns of terror, warfare and moral depravity.”

Tony Bushby

23rd July 2010

Admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:13 +0000

“Two events heralded the death knell for what has been referred to many times as 'the long 19th century of the Irish Catholic Church.' Those were the Second Vatican Council, when things apparently immutable for all time were seemingly changed overnight, and the introduction of free second-level education as well as the introduction of state university grants in 1967. Both produced skeptical Irish Catholics, less credulous than previous generations and demanding more sophisticated answers to age-old questions.”

Patsy McGarry

22nd July 2010

Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:07 +0000

“Secularists, even atheistic secularists, are not the anti-Christ. Most of them live their lives as well or as badly as fervent Christians. They pay their taxes, they don't kill other people, and they don't molest children. They keep the law and behave decently because they believe that humanity is the highest form of life. And they object very strongly to being told that they are slavering monsters of depravity because they don't believe in a supernatural being.”

Emer O'Kelly