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Quote: Julian

Posted on 07.19.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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God refused to let man taste of wisdom (Gen. 2.16-17), even though nothing could be more important to mankind.

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Quote: Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Posted on 07.18.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.

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Quote: Noam Chomsky

Posted on 07.15.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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… Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you’re trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

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Quote: Madalyn Murray-O’Hair

Posted on 07.15.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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From whence do you derive your authority; and why should I be obedient to you?

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Quote: Robert Heinlein

Posted on 07.14.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

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Quote: John Kenneth Galbraith

Posted on 07.14.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

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QUOTE: Oscar Wilde

Posted on 07.13.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

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Quote: Gary Hart

Posted on 07.12.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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You may preach, you may argue, you may speak, rally, organize, advocate, and you may seek to convert your fellow citizen, but do not attempt, by law or regulation, to force another American to adopt your religious belief.

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CRITICAL THINKING: “Hitchens’ Razor” / Christopher Hitchens

Posted on 04.13.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority
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