“Por desgracia la mayoría no quiere tomarse la molestia de pensar por sí misma o no sabe hacerlo. Prefieren que otros les digan lo que es verdad y mentira. Esto proporciona seguridad, respuestas fáciles y, además, cuando una serie de creencias están respaldadas por un grupo social importante, eso nos hace sentir que pertenecemos a una comunidad.”
― EL ATEÍSMO NO ES UNA RELIGIÓN: Las religiones son un invento humano
― EL ATEÍSMO NO ES UNA RELIGIÓN: Las religiones son un invento humano
“The first contradiction in the nontract deals with the Ten Commandments, contrasting Exodus 20:13, “Thou shalt not kill,” with Exodus 32:27, “Slay every man his brother.” The bible is filled with killings and mass murders that are committed, commanded or condoned by deity. If this is not a contradiction, then all squares are round.”
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
“SHOULD WE KILL? Exodus 20:13 “Thou shalt not kill.” Leviticus 24:17 “And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.” versus Exodus 32:27 “Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, …and slay every man his brother, …companion, …neighbor.” I Samuel 6:19 “…and the people lamented because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.” I Samuel 15:2, 3, 7, 8 “Thus saith the Lord… Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass… And Saul smote”
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
“Honestly, have you ever seen a fat ninety-year-old?”
― What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
― What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
“Support for democracy is the province of ideologists and propagandists. In the real world, elite dislike of democracy is the norm. The evidence is overwhelming that democracy is supported only insofar as it contributes to social and economic objectives, a conclusion reluctantly conceded by the more serious scholarship.”
― Who Rules the World?
― Who Rules the World?
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