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Shocking Atheist Quotes

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  • 10-01-2013 12:25pm
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    SebBerkovich
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    Well... i thought in the interest of fairness, we could have somewhere to post all the.. "Shocking" stuff said by Atheists.

    i'll start off mild.

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


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    krudler
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    ^ What's shocking bout that?


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    SebBerkovich
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    krudler wrote: »
    ^ What's shocking bout that?

    Listen.. i had to wade through a lot of really reasonable arguments to get that, it wasn't easy.

    This is more of a challenge than anything else.


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    del88
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    "One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic."
    Joseph Stalin


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    pauldla
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    Was Bill Hicks an atheist? Some of his routines were pretty shocking, for their day.


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    Sarky
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    "Goat boy is here to please you."


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    pauldla
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    ^^^

    Yep, I was thinking of goatboy too. :)


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    Sarky
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    It was the sound effects that did it, really.


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    pauldla
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    It seems he wasn't really an atheist, though...

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080629195009AAkKFNL

    Oh well. Guess we'll have to put goatboy in the 'shocking deist quotes' thread instead.


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    Hotblack Desiato
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    SebBerkovich wrote: »
    "Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile." — Kurt Vonnegut

    Unquestioning belief in anything is terrifying. It's the enabler of every type of oppression in the world.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    mickrock
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    "I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars."
    Richard Dawkins


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    Sycopat
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    mickrock wrote: »
    "I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars."
    Richard Dawkins

    Depending on which of the pythons wrote the line, that could potentially be an actual submission.

    Although I'm not sure monty python still counts as shocking...


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    Calibos
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    Epicurus' famous quote is shocking, in that here is someone from the heyday of the Roman Empire with more cop on than billions of people in the 21st century.


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    Sarky
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    Sycopat wrote: »
    Although I'm not sure monty python still counts as shocking...

    There are still enough people, I reckon, who refuse to watch it because it's "blasphemous" to make it shocking. To them, anyway.


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    Bannasidhe
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    'Oh God! That really ****ing hurt. Ow!! Jesus Christ - who left that there?!?!?!? Assholes! ' Bannasidhe. 10/01/13.


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    Sarky
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    Earlier tonight I said, in response to someone nagging me about healthy eating (in Subway of all places), "WELL HEALTHY VEGETABLES CAN RIDE A BICYCLE MADE OF DICKS STRAIGHT TO HELL"


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    legspin
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    Calibos wrote: »
    Epicurus' famous quote is shocking, in that here is someone from the heyday of the Roman Empire with more cop on than billions of people in the 21st century.


    Not wishing to nitpick 'coz his is probably my favourite arguement against the existance of gods but...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus.


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    Bannasidhe
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    legspin wrote: »
    Not wishing to nitpick 'coz his is probably my favourite arguement against the existance of gods but...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus.

    Atheist claims to not be nit picking ...and then proceeds to nit pick!

    This is beyond shocking - I'm Horrified! :eek:


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    legspin
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    No, I was not wishing to sound like I was but failed miserably.
    Sorry


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    Bannasidhe
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    legspin wrote: »
    No, I was not wishing to sound like I was but failed miserably.
    Sorry

    Shhhhh - I'm just looking for something an atheist said to be outraged about. :(

    Well - context! Yeah. What about that then?


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    Barr125
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    "I'll admit it! There is a God, Hitler was an atheist, Evolution is a hoax, Atheism is a religion and I LOVE TO SIN!!" - No Atheist Ever.


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    MagicMarker
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    These aren't atheist quotes!! They're just quotes by atheists. :p


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    Newaglish
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    "Would you like to come up to my room for a coffee?"
    - Anon


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    pauldla
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    "That Rebecca Watson is a bit of all right, eh?"
    -Prof R Dawkins (citation needed)


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    Bannasidhe
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    pauldla wrote: »
    "That Rebecca Watson is a bit of all right, eh?"
    -Prof R Dawkins (citation needed)

    'She was very good in Harry Potter.'
    Christopher Eric Hitchens. (citation also needed).


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    Calibos
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    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    'She was very good in Harry Potter.'
    Christopher Eric Hitchens. (citation also needed).

    Now that I think about it, is Emma Watson your love child Richie because you two look strikingly similar.


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    Calibos
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    legspin wrote: »
    Not wishing to nitpick 'coz his is probably my favourite arguement against the existance of gods but...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus.

    I have no objection to his country of origin being shifted east a few hundred miles nor his date of birth shifted back another half millennia.

    Unlike certain quarters, I have no problem being corrected and learning the truth/ something new :D


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    #28
    Bannasidhe
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    'Soft Kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr'
    Dr Sheldon Cooper.


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    Attabear
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    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    'Soft Kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr'
    Dr Sheldon Cooper.

    Didn't his mother come up with that song? Or was it Mee Maw?


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    Bannasidhe
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    Attabear wrote: »
    Didn't his mother come up with that song? Or was it Mee Maw?

    But he still said it. ;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKLlb3Yc-Us


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    ShooterSF
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    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    'Soft Kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr'
    Dr Sheldon Cooper.

    Whilst playing "Settlers of Catan"
    I have sheep, I need wood. Who has wood for my sheep? C'mon ... I just want wood. Why are you making it so hard?


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