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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 05:50 AM
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5. That's a tad . . . overwrought for my tastes.
I guess if you'd been imprisoned by belief in the supernatural and then later found reason, you might feel as liberated as Ingersoll.

But to me it affords far too much power to religion, which I consider (outside the deplorable activities of its deluded fans) totally disinteresting. I prefer to quote myself (although I'm sure the idea is not original with me):

"I am not a religious person, so I consider all religions to be equally preposterous. However, Scientology is special: it's not only preposterous, but cheezy."
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  -Favorite atheistic quote or excerpt? Ninjaneer  May-15-11 06:38 PM   #0 
  - Hard to pick just one...  onager   May-15-11 07:41 PM   #1 
  - I absolutely love Mencken (see my sig!).  Ninjaneer   May-16-11 08:21 AM   #7 
     - +1  Deep13   May-16-11 09:57 AM   #9 
  - There are many, but this one is near the top.  laconicsax   May-15-11 08:26 PM   #2 
  - Delete, wrong place  darkstar3   May-15-11 11:35 PM   #3 
  - I always think this one is laden with irony.  darkstar3   May-15-11 11:36 PM   #4 
  - hehe...  Ninjaneer   May-16-11 08:24 AM   #8 
  - Love it.  Deep13   May-16-11 09:59 AM   #10 
  - That's a tad . . . overwrought for my tastes.  MrModerate   May-16-11 05:50 AM   #5 
  - Yes, I am one of those cases.  Ninjaneer   May-16-11 08:17 AM   #6 
  - Me too.  Deep13   May-16-11 09:59 AM   #11 
     - Could not agree more.  Ninjaneer   May-16-11 10:13 AM   #12 
  - What is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."  Deep13   May-16-11 10:33 AM   #13 
  - Tried to go back and edit my title to plural, but it wont let me.  Ninjaneer   May-16-11 10:53 AM   #14 
  - Here's one more:  Ninjaneer   May-16-11 10:55 AM   #15 
  - +1  Deep13   May-16-11 11:05 AM   #16 
  - That one's a beauty.  PassingFair   May-18-11 09:45 AM   #18 
     - Yeah, I gave up on her writing as well...  Ninjaneer   May-19-11 08:47 AM   #25 
  - Woody Allen quotes...  ZombieHorde   May-16-11 05:12 PM   #17 
  - Diderot.  PassingFair   May-18-11 09:48 AM   #19 
  - That's the tagline on my personal emails.  Iggo   May-19-11 07:57 AM   #22 
     - Pretty brave. Personally I would be too  Ninjaneer   May-19-11 08:35 AM   #24 
        - My personal emails, not my business ones.  Iggo   May-19-11 09:28 AM   #27 
           - For better or worse, the two parts of my life are very intertwined. FB doesn't help. eom  Ninjaneer   May-19-11 09:48 AM   #29 
  - On a slightly more frivolous note, certain verses in E.Y. Harburg's 'Rhymes for the Irreverent'  LeftishBrit   May-18-11 11:21 AM   #20 
  - George Carlin's Religion Is Bullshit rant:  backscatter712   May-18-11 07:56 PM   #21 
  - Brilliant. He was always damn phenomenal at pointing out the absurd aspects of everyday life. n/t  Ninjaneer   May-19-11 08:34 AM   #23 
  - Albert Camus:  montanto   May-19-11 09:23 AM   #26 
  - Explains the invention of religion itself I think. eom  Ninjaneer   May-19-11 09:47 AM   #28 
  - One I read today that I really liked:  Ninjaneer   May-21-11 11:23 AM   #30 
 

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