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Nigel Farndale
“Can you prove to me that there's no God, professor?'

'I could prove there is no need for a god, which is the next best thing. The Big Bang is the explanation. The Big Bang followed by billions of years of evolution by natural selection.'

'But what was there before the Big Bang?'

'Nothing.'

'Surely that is based on belief, too. You believe there was nothing. You cannot prove it.'

'Just as there are laws of physics, so there are laws of biology and the main one, the one which explains every living thing on the planet - and every planet in the universe, for that matter - is that all things must start simply and become complex. The complex dolphin began its evolutionary journey hundreds of millions of years ago as a simple, single-celled prokaryote. For a god to create the universe he would have to be hyper intelligent. But intelligence only evolves over time. The argument for a god starts by assuming what it is attempting to explain - intelligence, complexity, it amounts to the same thing - and so it explains nothing. God is a non-explanation. The Big Bang followed by billions of years of evolution is an explanation.”
Nigel Farndale, The Blasphemer

“Religion is a conspiracy theory.

"God did it" is no different than "the lizard aliens did it."

Like religion, conspiracy theories are popular among the ignorant, because they offer simplistic answers to difficult questions.”
Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“For the record, I don't worship the devil. I just hate religion...-Tyler, The Creator”
tyler the creator , Golf Book, Volume 1
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Ramana Maharshi
“Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself. Do not worry about the future. (p. 154)”
Ramana Maharshi, Talks With Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness

Charles Bukowski
“I
dislike cute cat
poems
but I've written one
anyhow.”
Charles Bukowski, On Cats

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