“When it comes to religion, we're not two sides of the same coin, and you don't get to put your unreason up on the same shelf with my reason. Your stuff has to go over there, on the shelf with Zeus and Thor and the Kraken, with the stuff that is not evidence-based, stuff that religious people never change their mind about, no matter what happens.” PeopleMindTwoMatterReasonHappensStuffSidesReligiousEvidenceNo Matter WhatShelvesCoinsNever ChangeTwo SidesZeusPeople Never ChangeKraken Author:Bill Maher
“Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say 'Just God. I only believe in the one God,' I'll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don't believe in 2,870 gods, and they don't believe in 2,869.” IfsBelieveNextDon't BelieveBelieve In GodMarsNext TimeKrishnaAtheisticHadesZeusJupiterOdinVishnu Author:Ricky Gervais
“Religion is like our appendix, a vestigial remnant from a primitive past. Perhaps in a few millennia the god of Abraham will invoke the same curious amusement as rain and sun gods do today. Or perhaps our god will simply be shelved along with Zeus and Jupiter. Some day. But until then, we suffer the consequences of a population that believes in the absence of evidence and, more curiously, rejects an objective reality that conflicts with beliefs easily proven false.” BelieveRealityTodayPastReligionSufferingBeliefSunConflictEvidenceConsequenceRainPopulationAbsenceGods WillObjectivesCuriousRejectsPrimitiveProvenAmusementAbrahamInvokeZeusJupiterRemnantsObjective RealityAppendixSun God Author:Jeff Schweitzer
“...Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this law to men: that fishes and wild beasts and winged birds should devour one another, since there is no justice in them; but to mankind he gave justice which proves for the best.” ThinkingMenShouldHeartLawJusticeViolenceMankindSonProveBirdFishesCeaseBeastZeusWild Beasts Author:Hesiod
“No one would wish a bad marriage on anyone. But where do we think good marriages come from? They don't spring full blown from the head of Zeus any more than does a good education...Why should a marriage require fewer tears and less toil and shabbier commitment than your job or your clothes or your car?” ThinkingShouldDoeJobsWishMarriageCarTearsClothesSpringCommitmentFewerToilZeusGood EducationGood MarriageBad Marriage Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.” MenLightNightFatherSunAirWindCloudsHidingDazzlingZeus Author:Archilochus
“All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.” GivingStrangerBeggarZeus Author:Homer
“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.” ChildrenStillsHeavenBearsAll ThingsMy ChildrenZeus Author:Sophocles
“Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.” EyeAtheismMouthsPositive AtheismZeus Author:Aristophanes