“It takes five years for a willing person's mind to change. Have patience with yourself and others when treading in an area protected by a taboo.” YearsMindPersonsFiveAtheismWillingAreasFive YearsProtectedTabooHaving PatienceTreading Author:Garrett Hardin
“The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.” StatesAtheismMoralityFunction Author:Garrett Hardin
“In the specific case of abortion, the matter is particularly easy in that no woman wants a late abortion. Once abortion was made legal, the age of the aborted fetus went down. The slope slipped in the other direction. If we legalize RU-486 and other similar new drugs, the age will fall to one week or less and start approaching zero. The slippery slope will slide in the other direction. The only reason we have late abortions is because we make early abortion difficult.” IfsWantMadeMatterReasonAgeFallEasyDifficultCasesWeekAtheismDrugLateAbortionZeroSlidesWomen WantSlipperySlopesFetusSlippery Slope Author:Garrett Hardin
“Religious reasons, which is no reason. I notice Skeptic had a review of Dennett's book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Religious reasons amount to what Dennett terms "skyhooks." Do you believe in skyhooks? I don't.” BelieveBookIdeasReasonTermReligiousAtheismDangerousAmountNo ReasonReviewsSkepticDangerous Ideas Author:Garrett Hardin
“The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings.” ReligionSituationAtheismDogBlessingAtheistFleasAnti Religious Author:Garrett Hardin
