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Article #193Re: "Gospel of prosperity" + the �(eh)PC
From: Freedom Man
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51
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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 "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 "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 "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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