Diatribes Volume 2 Quotes

“I’ll say it again and again; there is no harmless version of faith. Faith is an attempt to replace reason with something other than reason.”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“Think about all the people that you love, that you plan on outliving. And next time you say goodbye to them, remind yourself that this could be the last time. And next time you say hello to them, treat them like they just returned from the dead. That’s something you can only do if you let go of the afterlife; when we keep mortality in the front of our minds instead of burying it behind religions and superstitions and pithy bravado. Imagine how beautiful the world would be if we all just admitted that we’re all going to die.”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes, Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“I realized that there were two groups of people, both purporting to tell the truth. One group encouraged you to doubt them and learn about everything. The other group told you to ignore everyone but them and never question their authority. One need know nothing but that to determine which one is full of shit.”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes, Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“No actual science is still hashing out the god thing. No physicists are losing sleep over the Kalam cosmological argument. No biologists are comparing their findings to the “god did it” model. No ethicists are proposing the “cause god’ll burn you in hell” approach. No doctors are prescribing prayer. No lawyers are invoking the “devil really did make him do it” defense. No financial planner is figuring in the “they’re about due for a miracle” variable. No meteorologists are factoring in god’s wrath. The god hypothesis failed.”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes, Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“Religion is an oppressive force and it harms religious people a hell of a lot more than atheists”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes, Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“If you come to me with faith and get pissed when I ask for evidence, we don’t need to go any further than that.”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes, Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“How could you worry about keeping Christ in Christmas if you didn’t know he was expendable?”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes, Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“You are the only thing standing between them and the theocracy they want.   Diatribe”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist

“We got into this not because we believe religion is silly, but because we believe it is harmful. The fact that it’s silly just makes it easier to mock. To”
― Noah Lugeons, Diatribes Volume 2: 50 More Essays from a Scathing Atheist