Quotes:
"Criticism of religious faith [is] a moral and intellectual necessity. Unfortunately, expressing such criticism of religious faith places the nonbeliever at the margins of society. By merely being in touch with reality, he appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors."
- Sam Harris
"People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point."
- George Carlin
"It worries me about religion that it teaches people to be satisfied with not understanding."
"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
"Being an atheist makes someone a clearer-thinking, fairer person... They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code"
- Ricky Gervais
"Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. […] A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men."
- Bertrand Russel
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