From Penn Jillette's book, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales:
There is no god and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
(via DaringFireball)
Fair warning: this is a conversation that popped into my head this morning. It this one is going to be rough.
At first I thought of the New Yorker cover with Obama and his wife that caused a stir a few months ago.
Then I thought of another cover: McCain giving Jesus a rusty trombone. What might xians think?
- that's revolting.
- it's art, like a crucifix in a jar of urine.
- i'm not paying my taxes for that.
- and i'm not paying my taxes for schools because i have no kids, nor do I support a level of taxation that is sufficient to provide tax breaks for religious organization.
- that's different, they do good for the community.
- and art is for culture and society, a concept lost of ignorant bastards such as yourself. I'll take a real jar of urine over your make-believe piss any day.
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Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7681914.stm
(Found at Gods4Suckers.Net)
My favorite line: ...thinking is anathema to religion. So very true.
Actually, my favorite line is the text of the banner.
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