September 19, 2017 0 One of the greatest tragedies in mankind’s entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion. Arthur C. Clarke
September 14, 2017 0 If only Christians fought like this for refugees. Imagine if the Coalition’s big men of faith threatened to tear down their own government unless it brings home the wretches we’ve imprisoned in the Pacific. Surely there couldn’t be a greater service for Christ? Or what about crossing the floor for the poor, the homeless, for battered wives and illiterate Aboriginal kids. No. What excites these Christian warriors is beating up on gays. I’ve watched it all my life. David Marr
September 4, 2017 0 Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein
September 4, 2017 0 Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse. Christopher Hitchens
July 31, 2017 0 People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power. Bill Clinton
July 25, 2017 0 The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists. Johanna 'Hannah' Arendt
July 18, 2017 0 If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. Isaac Asimov
July 9, 2017 0 The problem isn’t that he [Trump] does not know this or that, or that he does not know that he does not know this or that. Rather, the dangerous thing is that he does not know what it is to know something. George F. Will
July 2, 2017 0 We are all complicit in anthropogenic climate change and that is why denial of it is so popular, because denialism is a way to avoid uncomfortable truths. John Laurie
June 24, 2017 0 My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
