[MD] Atheism Quotations

[William Robinson]

Maybe someone in the group can add to this list:

 "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you
will understand why I dismiss yours."
– Stephen Roberts

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because
I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
- Susan B. Anthony

"Faith is believing something you know ain't true."
- Mark Twain

"Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies."
- Thomas Jefferson



On 3/3/07, Ham Priday <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Jos --
>
> Some time has elapsed since our last battle :-)
>
> You wrote to Marsha and Case:
> > If one is using "good" in its absolute sense to refer
> > to DQ, then "no good" doesn't just mean bad it means
> > non existent. Worse than that it means, not the thing
> > that is already "not other" before existence/non-existence
> > gets defined. But our groundstuff encompases everything
> > so that just isn't allowed.
> >
> > Ham - can I ask your opinion here:
> > I'd like to establish how a hypothetical "absolute bad"
> > might relate to essentialism (I know the question doesn't
> > fit properly).
>
>
> You also asked:
> > What is "absence of essence"?
>
> Invalid question.  There is no absence of Essence.  Essence is absolute
> "IS-ness".  Nothoingness is a negation of an absolute Source.  So,
> metaphysically speaking, nothingness doesn't exist -- either in the
> physical
> universe or in Essence.  Nothingness is the ground of experiential
> existence.  That's why I say that existence (beingness) is illusory.  This
> is not to imply that it has no meaning or purpose.  It's man's reality,
> and
> we couldn't "be" here without it.  Its purpose is to make value aware, to
> create an independent perspective of Essence (i.e., cognizant awareness)
> whereby its Value can be realized autonomously.  By reclaiming this value
> incrementally throughout the life-experience, we each redeem our essential
> identity and (conceivably?) "refresh" the absolute sensibility of Essence
> in
> the process.
>
>
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