Penn Jillette Quotes About Atheist

Quotes about: Atheist

• If every trace of any single religion were wiped 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.

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  Atheist, Atheism, Might

  Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

• Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

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  Motivational, God, Forgiveness

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• Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-O, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have.

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  Atheist, Sex, Believe

  "There Is No God". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. November 21, 2005.

• It's fair to say that the Bible contains equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza.

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  Atheist, Religion, Atheism

• I believe that the best way to become an atheist is to read the bible

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  Atheist, Believe, Way

• Reading the Bible is the fast track to atheism. Reading the Bible means starting at "In the beginning..." and throwing it down with disgust at "...the grace of the lord Jesus be with all. Amen." I'm sure there are lots of religious people who've read the Bible from start to finish and kept their faith, but in my self-selected sample, all the people I know who have done that are atheists.

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  Bible, Religious, Jesus

  Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

• You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is “I don’t know”.

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  Atheist, Smart, Brave

  Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

• Only Atheists have morals, the religious have reward and punishment. That's not morality, that's sucking up.

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  Religious, Atheist, Punishment

• The word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’ and holy means ‘exalted and worthy of complete devotion.’ By that definition, all days are holy. Life is holy. Atheists have joy every day of the year, every holy day. We have the wonder and glory of life. We have joy in the world before the lord is come. We’re not going for the promise of life after death; we’re celebrating life before death…For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy. Every day is an atheist holiday. It’s a day that we’re alive.

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  Atheist, Holiday, Mean

  Penn Jillette (2012). “Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Bestselling Author of God, No!”, p.13, Penguin

• Everyday is an atheist holiday.

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  Atheist, Holiday, Everyday

  Penn Jillette (2012). “Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Bestselling Author of God, No!”, Penguin

• If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable phrases but there's no plot, no structure, a tremendous amount of filler and the characters are painfully one dimensional. Whatever you do, don't read the bible for a moral code. It advocates prejudice, cruelty, superstition and murder. Read it because we need more atheists.

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  Atheist, Character, Giving

• It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe who loves you personally. It's not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isn't it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required than the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you?

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  Atheist, Real, Love You

• I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The love for my children, the love for my parents and the love for my friends is the end in itself. The meaning is life.

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  Atheist, Children, Thinking

• The vast majority of the world knows there's no reason to circumcise. Someone should tell the doctors.

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  Atheist, Doctors, Majority

• If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.

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  Atheist, Children, Unconditional Love

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• A lot of people, to attack an outspoken atheist, one of the things they'll do is say, 'You are as bad as the fundamentalist Christians.' And my answer is always, 'I hope so.'

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  Christian, Atheist, People

  "Penn Jillette on the joys of atheism". Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. September 4, 2011.

• The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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  Atheist, Character, Atheism

• You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.

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  Religious, Atheist, Liars

  "Penn Jillette: An Atheist's Guide to the 2012 Election" by Daniel Honan, bigthink.com.

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