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“The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in particular the control of education by religious authority. The attempts to ban the teaching of evolution or other scientific theories -- a feeble echo of medieval church tyranny and hostility to learning, but an echo nonetheless are serious threats to freedom of inquiry and should be vigorously combated.”
― Atheism: A Reader
― Atheism: A Reader
“A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.”
― Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
― Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
“One thoughtful Evangelical pastor said he approved of using the massacre for recruitment, as long as it was truly done for God. He bristled at "spiritual headhunters, just racking up another scalp. The Bible was never meant to be a club," he said. "If I'm using it as a weapon, that's really sad.”
― Columbine
― Columbine
“Maybe the kids will always be stronger. It’s us—the impostors masquerading as protectors—who are unimaginably weak. For”
― Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live
― Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live
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