“... there could be talking bunny rabbits, spiders who write English messages in their webs, and for that matter, melancholy choo-choo trains. There could be, I suppose, but there aren't-so my theory doesn't have to explain them.” WritingMatterReligionTalkingTheoryMessagesTrainMelancholySpidersRabbitsBunniesBunny Rabbits Author:Daniel Dennett
“I call God ECCO (Earth Coincidence Control Office) . It's much more satisfying to call it that. A lot of people accept this and they don't know that they're just talking about God. I finally found a God that was big enough. As the astronomer said to the Minister, My God's astronomical. The Minister said, How can you relate to something so big? The astronomer said, Well, that isn't the problem, your God's too small!” PeopleKnowsWellsSaidEnoughProblemBigsEarthReligionFoundTalkingAcceptingOfficeRelateMinistersSatisfyingCoincidenceAstronomers Author:John C. Lilly
“I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.” KnowsMenEnoughReligionTalkingOpinionSubjectsInformationGenuineDamnDisillusionedDisillusion Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.” WellsReligionRealizingReligiousTalkingAtheismPrayingAtheistI RealizedReligion GodFunny ReligiousFunny AtheistGreatest AtheistReligious HumorAlways Praying Author:Peter O'Toole
“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a national emergency. I fail to see how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.” IfsSaidStatesReligionPresidentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesFailingClaimsAtheistRidiculousDialogueOccasionsOffensiveEmergenciesTalking To God Author:Sam Harris
“You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?” PeopleInspirationalNeedsBelieveBookHelpingStoriesMotivationalReligionFallWaterAnimalTalkingSkyWalkingSticksAtheistAbsurdBurningDemonWitchPrimitiveSnakesWizardsPhilosophy Of ReligionNeed HelpReligion GodReligious PhilosophyReligion And PoliticsPhilosophy And ReligionMorality And ReligionReligion WarReligion And WarBurning BushWalking On Water Author:Mark Twain
“Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.” Has BeensTwoReasonReligionTalkingAdviceHumorousOrganizedSnakesOrganized ReligionNudists Author:Jon Stewart
“Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much more gracefully than human beings really move. Films and books and plays show us people talking much more entertainingly than people really talk, make paltry human enterprises seem important. Singers and musicians show us human beings making sounds far more lovely than human beings really make. Architects give us temples in which something marvelous is obviously going on. Actually, practically nothing is going on.” PeopleGivingHumansImportantBookPlayUseShowsSeemsFilmMovingArtistReligionSoundHuman BeingsTalkingWonderfulAtheismMusicianSingersLovelyDancerEnterpriseTemplesFraudArchitectMarvelousPeople TalkingTalking Much Author:Kurt Vonnegut