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Tom Capuder<p>My conclusion is that there is no reason to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/believe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>believe</span></a> any of the dogmas of traditional <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theology</span></a> and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true. Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.<br>—Bertrand Russell</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>What is asserted without <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> can be dismissed without evidence.</p><p>The ball remains in your court.</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogmas</span></a> rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake.<br>—Bertrand Russell</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a>: <br>Cherry-picked <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a>, in two words:</p><p>“Be kind.”</p><p>You can discard your <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bibles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bibles</span></a> now. You're welcome.</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RELIGION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RELIGION</span></a>: A set of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beliefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beliefs</span></a> held as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogmas</span></a>, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a>, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual.<br>—Bertrand Russell</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>PRAISE THE <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LORD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LORD</span></a>!</p><p>Who already knows everything you'll ever think, do, and say.</p><p>Who's always known the exact time, place, and manner of the praising.</p><p>Who can't be much of a god if he's so emotionally stunted that he has to hear in real time the praise he's forever known he'd hear.</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for all is to be derived rather from co-operation than from strife. I should wish to see a world in which <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in rigid armor of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogma</span></a> calculated to protect them through life against the shafts of impartial <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a>.<br>—Bertrand Russell</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>Many <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/religions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religions</span></a> claim to be the true one. At most, only one can be.</p><p>How can we tell it’s yours?</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/@trbutler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trbutler</span></a></span> </p><p>Looks like you got it wrong too.</p><p>The evidence for a god is nonexistent. The evidence for "Jesus" is very shaky.</p><p>Faith is pretending to know things you don't know.</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a>, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is inconclusive. This virtue, though it is underestimated by almost all adherents of any system of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogma</span></a>, is to my mind of the very greatest social importance and far more likely to benefit the world than <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> or any other system of organized <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beliefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beliefs</span></a>.<br>—Bertrand Russell</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>In the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a>, the God character plainly says that he creates evil.</p><p>That’s all anyone needs to know.</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Happy Tiwesdæg (Tiw’s Day), everyone!</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Stanley Nerdlinger II<p>The debate between the candidates for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> was cancelled because they were all against fact checking 🤷</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://carmelitequotes.blog/@carmelitequotes.blog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carmelitequotes.blog</span></a></span> </p><p>Faith is not a virtue.</p><p>Faith can be used to support *any* belief, whether or not it's true. If faith can support both true and false conclusions, then it cannot be a reliable pathway to truth.</p><p>Faith supports beliefs that fuel actions that have harmful consequences daily around the world.</p><p>Faith is the excuse people give when they don't have a good reason to believe. </p><p>_____________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@newsramp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newsramp</span></a></span> </p><p>Still haven't shown that any gods are real, though, have ya?</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>There is not a single statement in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> that reveals a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/divine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divine</span></a> mind behind the human authors.<br>—John Loftus</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>Please show how a life spent believing in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supernatural</span></a> is better than a life spent accepting reality. </p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Blasphemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blasphemy</span></a> is what an old mistake says of a newly discovered truth.<br>—Robert G. Ingersoll</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>Theists: <br>Why would the Word of God come in so many conflicting versions, all open to interpretation?</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
Tom Capuder<p>To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then to go to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hell</span></a> after all would be too damned hard.<br>—Carl Sandburg</p><p>______________________<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a></p>
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