#human claims

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

You're relying on people who have no idea.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“If the theists all shut up,

the gods would be speechless.”

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“If God wants something from me, he would tell me. He wouldn't leave someone else to do this, as if an infinite being were short on time. And he would certainly not leave fallible, sinful humans to deliver an endless plethora of confused and contradictory messages.”

-- Richard Carrier

As always, I only ever hear from believers, never their god. Almost as if he doesn’t know where to find me. Or isn’t there at all.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Since the dawn of history there has been no shortage of people who declared that they spoke for the gods.

The result has been the creation of perhaps 1,000 religions throughout the ages.

The field of divine interpreters has been overflowing with men and women jostling for recognition by the masses.”

-- Joseph L. Daleiden

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Do not suppose the statements of the prophets to be true; they are all fabrications. Men lived comfortably till they came and spoiled life. The sacred books are only such a set of idle tales as any age could have and indeed did actually produce.”

-- Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Your failure is not our fault.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share of false certainty or dogmatism. I'm really concerned when I see people pretending to know things they clearly cannot know.”

-- Sam Harris