Atheism Quotes

"It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science." [Darwin]

"If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities." [Voltaire]

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism." [Einstein]

"Faith means not wanting to know what is true." [Nietzsche]

"I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul.... No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life – our desire to go on living … our dread of coming to an end." [Edison]

"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." [Lincoln]

"Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?" [Arthur C. Clarke]

"Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies." [Thomas Jefferson]

"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile." [Kurt Vonnegut]

"Religion is based . . . mainly on fear . . . fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. . . . My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race." [Bertrand Russell]

Pessimism Pays Off

Out of all the sayings that are supposed to be enlightening and/or inspirational, I think the stupidest is “It takes more muscles to frown than to smile.” I want to know what lazy fat ass thought this was supposed to be something positive. Are we really so lazy that we are choosing which emotion to express by the amount of effort it takes?

How about take a few extra minutes out of your day to get a couple frowns in, burn a few more calories and you may actually have something to smile about in the end when viewing your new lean facial-physique?

Maybe the pessimists aren’t negative for no particular reason; maybe they are just a little more health conscious.

Just a thought…

Productional Perfection

What is the point of advertising some beauty product using people in ads that look like they don’t actually need the product?  Lately it seems like most of the ads I see, whether they are commercials or printed in magazines, are for cellulite smoothing crèmes and granny panties that are made to hold in protruding guts.  That’s all gravy (or helping the effects of gravy, I should say), but every model I see in them can’t weigh more than 100 pounds, and the only time they’ve really seen cottage cheese is when they are watching it come spewing out as they force it back out of their tight little bodies with one strategically placed finger.

Call me old fashioned, but seeing as these products are made to sucker in middle aged, out of shape housewives that have popped out a few pups, aren’t they the ones we should see in the ads?  Maybe I just don’t get it.  If anything, seeing perfect models using these products makes me want them less, I always think to myself “I’ll get it as soon as I lose 20 lbs and go under the knife for a few procedures.”  They seem more like maintenance or tune up tactics and not miracle solutions.

You really want me to buy your crap?  Don’t put someone fresh off America’s Next Top Model in your commercial; Show me that it can turn Kirstie Alley into a Kardashian, and I might consider it.