I kinda like them. Humourous.
And real.
Bertrand Russell:
There is a marvelous anecdote from the occasion of Russell's ninetieth birthday that best serves to summarize his attitude toward God and religion.
A London lady sat next to him at this party, and over the soup she suggested to him that he was not only the world's most famous atheist but, by this time, very probably the world's oldest atheist.
"What will you do, Bertie, if it turns out you're wrong?" she asked. "I mean, what if -- uh -- when the time comes, you should meet Him? What will you say?"Russell was delighted with the question. His bright, birdlike eyes grew even brighter as he contemplated this possible future dialogue, and then he pointed a finger upward and cried,
"Why, I should say, 'God, you gave us insufficient evidence.'"
Quentin Crisp:
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said,
"Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"
Roman Tombstone:
Do not pass by my epitaph, traveler.
But having stopped, listen and learn, then go your way.
There is no boat in Hades, no ferryman Charon,
No caretaker Aiakos, no dog Cerberus.
All we who are dead below
Have become bones and ashes, but nothing else.
I have spoken to you honestly, go on, traveler,
Lest even while dead I seem loquacious to you.
* I prefer the term "free-thinker". & I respect religions and all the paraphernalia that goes along with it.
Current MSN Nick: *thinkin about...Hot Scones, Fresh Cream & Jam, & English Tea // I smell sweet.
qn: what does a girl do with assholes?
ans: be a nice bitch and dump them.
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