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Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Las atrocidades religiosas del pasado y el presente no se han producido porque nosotros seamos malos, sino porque en la naturaleza es un hecho que desde el punto de vista biológico la especie humana es racional solo en parte.”

Book:God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

The book delves into the author's perspective on the influence of religion, exploring its effects on morality, politics, and personal beliefs. more

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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens was an English-American author, journalist, and social critic. He was known for his sharp wit and controversial views, particularly on religion and politics. Hitchens was a prominent figure in the public discourse of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. more

“I once estimated that between the ages of twenty and forty-eight, I lived in approximately twenty different homes. That’s not everywhere I stayed (that number would be incalculable); it’s merely everywhere I lived—everywhere that had my actual name on the lease or the mortgage. And I never lived alone. I couldn’t bear to live alone. I couldn’t bear being alone with the open wound that was my own mind. But I also couldn’t bear the chafe and strain of intimacy. I couldn’t last anywhere, and I couldn’t last with anyone. So I came and went, colliding and separating, roaming the planet, constantly looking for places to land and people to merge with. I sometimes used to call this behavior “being a free spirit,” but my wild instability was quite the opposite of freedom, because I had no agency in the matter—only urgency. Also, if I was so “free,” why did I always end up feeling trapped? It’s because my moves were motivated by desperate situations in which I was running either toward somebody or away from somebody else. I constantly found myself in stories that started out with passion but ended up with shame. So much shame, in fact, that during those years there were entire geographic regions that I had to flee at top speed, because my behavior had created dramas that made it impossible to remain there for another day. Goodbye, Philadelphia! Adios, Oaxaca! Well, I guess I can never go back to Wyoming again!”

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Book:All the Way to the River

Source: All the Way to the River

“La evolución ha supuesto que nuestros lóbulos prefrontales sean demasiado reducidos, nuestras glándulas suprarrenales demasiado abultadas y nuestros órganos reproductores parezcan diseñados por un equipo de incompetentes; esta receta, por sí sola o combinada con otros ingredientes, tiene muchas probabilidades de traducirse en cierta infelicidad y ocasionar algunos transtornos.”

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Book:God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

Source: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

“Nunca olvides que cuando estamos tratando cualquier placer en su forma sana, normal y satisfactoria, estamos, en cierto sentido, en el terreno del Enemigo. Por eso tratemos siempre de alejarnos de la condición natural de un placer hacia lo que en él es menos natural, lo que menos huele a su Hacedor, y lo menos placentero. La fórmula es un ansia siempre creciente de un placer siempre decreciente. Es más seguro, y es de mejor estilo. Conseguir el alma del hombre y no darle nada a cambio: eso es lo que realmente alegra el corazón de Nuestro Padre.”

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Book:The Screwtape Letters

Source: The Screwtape Letters