Today's MastoPedantry:
"Lay" takes an object. "Lie" doesn't.
You *lie* on the couch and *lay* the book on the table.
Past tenses, you ask?
You lay on the couch an hour ago. You've lain there for an hour.
You laid the book on the table. You've laid it there twice.
Thank you. Carry on.
I want nothing to do with any #religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth and ignorance.
—Jawaharlal Nehru
#Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody had the smallest idea what was going on.
—Christopher Hitchens
Theists:
Many of you say you’re not #religious, but are “#spiritual.” Who among you can show evidence that we have a “spirit”?
Eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God’s infinite love.
—Bill Hicks
Theists:
For argument’s sake, let’s say a god exists and that it’s the god you happen to believe in.
Please detail the evidence that connects your god to *anything* that happens on Earth.
Theists:
There’s an invisible miniature dragon living in my closet who answers my #prayers.
Prove he doesn’t exist.
Theists:
This is the essence of your claims:
“Magic answers our questions.”
“Magic solves our problems.”
If you stop tellin’ people it's all sorted out after they’re dead, they might try sorting it all out while they’re alive.
—Terry Pratchett
#Religion is to morality as AutoTuning is to vocal talent. The former subverts the latter under the guise of augmenting it.
—Noah Lugeons
Theists:
Your god is just like you. Isn't that interesting?
Theists:
#Believers fear only the #hell they’ve been taught. They don’t fear the hells of other #religions. What if most people are fearing a different hell than the one they should fear? Pour *that* into your Pascal’s Wager #apologetic.
What's behind all this:
Properly read, the #Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
—Isaac Asimov
That’s the funny thing about #religion: It doesn’t matter what you say, you’re going to upset someone.
—Lewis Black
There is nothing too stupid to kill for once it becomes part of somebody’s #religious identity.
—Noah Lugeons
