a place for Tom to rant: Why Believe in a God? - American Humanist Association

13 November, 2008

Why Believe in a God? - American Humanist Association:
# Why not believe in a god?
# Without a god, why be good at all?
# Isn’t Christmas really about Jesus?

Notable quotes.

"Give me one verifiable trait or characteristic that shows God is not imaginary."
@MrOzAtheist

"Tom Hail

Is not a man to quail

Before the iniquities of the barely sane

- And he can fly a damned plane!"

Clelihew by Jesus & Mo Author

"And it's one life and it's this life and it's beautiful..."
"Hard Believer" First Aid Kit, 2010

"Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky"
John Lennon, 1971

"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
Christopher Hitchens, Slate, 2003

"No one has the right to spend their life without being offended."
Philip Pullman, on his book "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Chris", Oxford 2010

"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science."
Edwin Powell Hubble, The Nature of Science, 1954

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

"Free speech is not negotiable."

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
Richard P. Feynman

"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. You are all stardust. You couldn't be here if stars hadn't exploded. The stars died so you can be here today."
Lawrence Krauss

"When fascism comes to America, it will be called anti-fascism."
Actually, nobody, it is a meme.

"Relieve and prevent suffering, give pleasure."
Tom Hail, 2010

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."
Horace Mann, 1859

a place for Tom to rant

13 November, 2008

Why Believe in a God? - American Humanist Association

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