The Quotable Atheist – Ammunition for Non-Believers, Political Junkies, Gadflies and Those Generally Hell Bound

The Quotable Atheist Ammunition for Non Believers Political Junkies Gadflies and Those Generally Hell Bound

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5 Stars I couldn't have said it better, over and over.
I get a kick out of some revewers who think the author is a little harsh on religion. Excuse me…I believe the religious are the people that will tell you you're going to hell if you don't follow their particular brand of insanity. Talk about harsh.

5 Stars My primary quote book
Seriously: I refer to this one more than to all my other quote books put together. The following sampling is a part of one I did on my blog about several quote books.

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." Isaac Asimov

"As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys." William Blake

"Anyone who engages in the practice of psychotherapy confronts every day the devastation wrought by the teachings of religion." Nathaniel Branden

"Although I'm an atheist, I don't fear death more than, say, sharing a room in a detox center with a sobbing Rush Limbaugh." Berkeley Breathed

"The more I study religions, the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself." Sir Richard Burton

"Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor." Lord Byron

"Atheism is a non-prophet organization." George Carlin

"I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her." Arthur C. Clarke

"Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey." Clarence Darrow

"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world." Richard Dawkins

"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion." Democritus

"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs." Frederick Douglass

"Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave." Theodore Dreiser

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" Epicurus

3 Stars Interesting, but it could have been better
There are many interesting and/or amusing quotes in here, but there is a lot of sand to sift for these nuggets. Many seem to have been included just to fill up the pages, lacking humor or profundity, and in many cases not even being relevant to atheism or belief per se. Consistently irritating and distracting is that the author very frequently inserts snide comments after or within the quotes. He is not as funny as he imagines.

5 Stars Required Reading
I highly reccomend this book to anyone – not just the questioner or the non-believer, but to the devout as well. The logical refutation of archaic superstition alongside of the more humorous quotes that point out the ridiculous nature of religion is great ammunition for the non-believer and should be studied by the devout.

3 Stars Too cute by half
So, I like the quotes in this book. I think many of them are insightful and helpful for the modern Atheist, or Theist for that matter. What I have a problem with are the little editorial notes and cute descriptions by the author. The sarcasm does not go over well in print, and some of jokes are not funny, witty, clever, or interesting. If I could just have the quotes and the author, with a brief honest description of the author, I would rate it 5 stars.

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