Dinesh D’Souza new book: "What’s So Great About Christianity"
quote, "Atheism is not primarily an intellectual revolt, it’s a moral one"
quote "atheism rises out of hedonism instead of intellectualism"
Biologist Stephen Jay Gould: “We may yearn for a higher answer—but none exists. This explanation, though superficially troubling if not terrifying, is ultimately liberating and exhilarating.” sj gould
Biologist Julian Huxley, the grandson of Darwin’s buddy and ally Thomas Henry Huxley: “The sense of spiritual relief which comes from rejecting the idea of God as a supernatural being is enormous.” j huxley
This one says it all
Aldous Huxley “I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently I assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption . . . For myself as no doubt for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation . . . liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom." a huxley
Bertrand Russell: “The worst feature of the Christian religion is its attitude toward sex.” b russell
Christopher Hitchens: “The divorce between the sexual life and fear . . . can now at last be attempted on the sole condition that we banish all religions from the discourse." c hitchens
THIS BRINGS HOME something I believe in ... people desire NOT to follow morals, ethics, rules, call them what you want ... and therefore must justify their behavior by REJECTING that which is good, no matter the reason
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sparechange64
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Oct 28 @ 4:51PM
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and I included the places I got the quotes for you plagerism police out there ... even though federal law states I have to actually gain something for it to be
and finally ... "atheism rises out of hedonism instead of intellectualism" ... ouch ...
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caffie1
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Oct 28 @ 5:03PM
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 Kudo....my friend.....and you know i hate politics and religion....bad topics causes meaness.....hate....no matter truth or opinion....
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LongRanger278
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Oct 28 @ 5:58PM
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Atheism is in decline all over the world. They have a convention coming up in Minnesota at the Marriott Hotel which is a rather small space. Not large enough to require a sizable convention facility.
Your blog hit's the nail on the head. It's more about sexual conduct then anything else. The rise in sexual disease's, divorce and teenage pregnancy is a testament
to societies decline in healthy morals. Perhaps this is what is driving there numbers lower. An awakening so to say........................
I think people are beginning to look around them and can see the destruction first hand. The cost of not believing in anything. No moral guidance. Unable to distinguish between right and wrong because there isn't any.
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allie416
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Oct 28 @ 6:45PM
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amen 
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Jankia
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Oct 28 @ 7:21PM
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Good blog sparechange.I have a few friends of mine that are atheist,whats funny about them is how often they put down religion...Christianity, but how unoften we put them down for not believing.Ive talked to them about that very thing asking if they noticed that as well.
They did.
I see jealousy in those friends,the same type of jealousy I see in them for my successes in life compared to theres.If you put the two together,its jealousy of what works...something that they dont have.
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Skydognc
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Oct 28 @ 7:50PM
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people desire NOT to follow morals, ethics, rules, call them what you want ... and therefore must justify their behavior by REJECTING that which is good, no matter the reason
is this an association between lack of moras and Atheism?
I do not see or believe in linking the two. All of us, have the ability to discern good from evil, right from wrong. including non-believers. The Bible also speaks of this.
Yes, there immoral Atheists.......
but the same is true for Christians.
who ranks worse........
an atheist in a bar, denying the existance of God,
or a priest, knowing the Word, having sex with an alter boy?
the point is.......
claiming atheists to be immoral, just because they do not believe in God, is both judgemental and wrong.
Christians are as much rsponsible for the degradation of society, as are anyone else. case in point..........
just look at family values, in Christian homes today, as compared to 30 years ago.
just my opinion, thats all!
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sparechange64
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Oct 28 @ 8:14PM
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is this an association between lack of moras and Atheism? no ... not lack of, rejection of
All of us, have the ability to discern good from evil, right from wrong. including non-believers not necessarily ... people can be a product of their teachings
but even if it is true, which I could give into, it is the rejection of morality
who ranks worse........ well I guess that would depend on the outcome - everyone is entitled to repentence ... but at the spur of the moment, both really mean the same thing - rejection
claiming atheists to be immoral, just because they do not believe in God, is both judgemental and wrong Please read again, I did not claim this ... what I claim is that because they want to live without all those things in which I stated, then they reject God
Christians are as much rsponsible for the degradation of society, as are anyone else. case in point.......... I do not think so 
I do however think that ... people who claim to be Christians, who do not practice the very Christian behaviors they are taught and teach ... are examples of your analogy
just look at family values, in Christian homes today, as compared to 30 years ago. ... or is it those who claim to be 
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hammertime
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Oct 28 @ 9:22PM
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I just did a search and I found a whole list of evil atheists. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_atheists
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Nightowl001
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Oct 30 @ 10:33PM
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Atheism is not a rejection of morality at all. Skydog is right about that. You can have morals, believe it is wrong to lie, to steal, to cheat, to take advantage of the downtrodden, and not abstain from doing those things out of some misguided attempt to reap an eventual eternal reward for yourself, but simply abstain from doing them because they are wrong.
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sparechange64
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Oct 30 @ 10:45PM
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You can have morals sure ... but how does one define them ... not to get off topic too much - but to demonstrate a point ... Pol Pot, hitler, stalin, ivan, etc, etc, etc ... all had their own set of morals ... and some even believed in a supreme being ... but they chose to reject that Supreme Being in order to justify "THEIR" morals ... they believed they had "the right" morals
there is NO difference between your example and mine .. if you cannot see this, then ... no disrespect intended ... but you may be too "Americanized" ... I have witnessed dozens of cultures that BOTH allow and prohibit things I consider to be wrong
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