Zitat: My basic objection to religion

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [26. Januar 2010 | 11. Shevat 5770] | [0 Kommentare]

My basic objection to religion is not that it isn’t true; I like plenty of things that aren’t true. It’s that religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good. Philip Pullman

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Zitat: Bibel und Comics

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [16. Januar 2010 | 1. Shevat 5770] | [3 Kommentare]

Wenn die Bibel beweist, dass Gott existiert, dann beweisen Comicbücher die Existenz von Superman & Co.

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Zitat: Religion und freie Meinungsäußerung

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [4. Januar 2010 | 18. Tevet 5770] | [2 Kommentare]

How has the church in every age, when in authority, defended itself? Always by a statute against blasphemy, against argument, against free speech. And there never was such a statute that did not stain the book that it was in and that did not certify to the savagery of the men who passed it. Robert G. Ingersoll

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Zitat: Sklaverei der Religion

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [22. Dezember 2009 | 5. Tevet 5770] | [0 Kommentare]

Butterfly McQueenZum Todestag von Thelma “Butterly” McQueen.

As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion. Butterfly McQueen (08.01.1911 – 22.12.1995)

Wohl den meisten bekannt als das Sklavenmädchen Prissy aus “Vom Winde verweht“.

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Zitat: Religionskritik und Respekt

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [17. Dezember 2009 | 30. Kislev 5770] | [0 Kommentare]

Respect my religion

All people deserve respect, but not all ideas do. I don’t respect the idea that a man was born of a virgin, walked on water and rose from the dead. I don’t respect the idea that we should follow a “Prophet” who at the age of 53 had sex with a nine-year old girl, and ordered the murder of whole villages of Jews because they wouldn’t follow him. I don’t respect the idea that the West Bank was handed to Jews by God and the Palestinians should be bombed or bullied into surrendering it. I don’t respect the idea that we may have lived before as goats, and could live again as woodlice. When you demand “respect”, you are demanding we lie to you. I have too much real respect for you as a human being to engage in that charade.

Johann Hari: Stand up for the right to criticise religion
The Independent: Johann Hari: Despite these riots, I stand by what I wrote

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Zitat: Dorothy Parker

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [26. September 2009 | 8. Tishri 5770] | [Kommentieren nicht möglich]

Dorothy Parker

Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common. Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker, amerikanische Schriftstellerin und Poetin (1893-1967).

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Zitat: Reichtum und Würde

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [3. September 2009 | 14. Elul 5769] | [Kommentieren nicht möglich]

Reich ist man nicht durch das, was man besitzt, sondern mehr noch durch das, was man mit Würde zu entbehren weiß. Epikur

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Zitat: The meaning of life

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The meaning of life?
It’s nothing very special. Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

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Sicherheit und Würde

Abgelegt unter [Israel] am [7. August 2009 | 17. Av 5769] | [0 Kommentare]

Tzipi Livni zum Anschlag auf das Lesben- und Schwulenzentrum in Tel Aviv.

This grave incident should awaken society to rid itself of prejudice. We must accept and recognize the right of every person to live safely and with dignity Tzipi Livni

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Zitat: Realität

Abgelegt unter [Quotes] am [31. Juli 2009 | 10. Av 5769] | [Kommentieren nicht möglich]

Realität ist das, was nicht verschwindet, wenn man aufhört daran zu glauben.
Philip Kindred Dick

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