random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
  Religion is based ... mainly on fear ... fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. ... My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.

tagged: religion, cruelty, fear, faith, belief
  —Bertrand Russell

turnabout for mormon missionaries

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 2:10 pm

Over on Dan Savage’s blog I caught this video with Australian comic John Safran sharing his thoughts on Mormon missionaries — and then making his point in person to assorted Salt Lake City residents by knocking on their doors to talk to them about atheism. Hilarious.

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