“They believed in something different from us. That makes them evil!”
“Nowadays people do know God and they live in even more fear.”
Funny how they were, uh, “priests of Satan”, considering their beliefs predated Christianity and Judaism. “Hey, guys, I know! Let’s worship SATAN!” “Who’s that?” “Fuck’d if I know!” “Sounds great! Let’s do it!”
- Enter the Jabberwock - Campfire of the Vanities from Chick Dissection | The Devil’s Night
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
— Voltaire
"Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit…
"When the Atheist examines, denounces, or satirises the gods, he is not dealing with persons but with ideas. He is incapable of insulting God, for he does not admit the existence of any such being.... We attack not a person but a belief, not a binge but an idea, not a fact but a fancy."
— G. W. Foote "Who are the Blasphemers?" in Flowers of Freethought
Religion should go away forever and leave people alone. It should let people think about their own lives and about how they live with their fellow beings.
-Larro
"Fire is hot, water cold,
refreshingly cool is the breeze of morning;
By whom came this variety?
They were born of their own nature."
from the 14 century text Sarvadarshansamgraha by Madhava Acharya
