“ If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it. ”
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“ What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart and therefore you can act on it, you have completely justified the 9/11 bombers. You have justified Charlie Manson. If it's true for you, why isn't it true for them? Why are you different? If you say "I believe there's an allpowerful force of love in the universe that connects us all, and I have no evidence of that but I believe it in my heart," then it's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that Sharon Tate deserves to die. It's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that you need to fly planes into buildings for Allah. ”
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“ Once you've condoned faith in general, you've condoned any crazy shit done because of faith. ”
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“ If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again. ”
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“ What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart and therefore you can act on it, you have completely justified the 9/11 bombers. You have justified Charlie Manson. If it's true for you, why isn't it true for them? Why are you different? If you say "I believe there's an allpowerful force of love in the universe that connects us all, and I have no evidence of that but I believe it in my heart," then it's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that Sharon Tate deserves to die. It's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that you need to fly planes into buildings for Allah. ”
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“ It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant to know that there's no omniscient, omnipotent prime mover in the universe who loves you personally. It's not sad to feel that life and the love of your real friends and family is more than enough to make life worth living. Isn't it much sadder to feel that there is a more important love required than the love of the people who have chosen to spend their limited time with you? ”
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“ But [he] had lost god, and all his family and friends were staying behind with his imaginary friend. A silly dream goes away and takes with it your whole real life. ”
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“ If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again. ”
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“ Provenza transcribed every minute of those hours on a computer. That allowed him to manipulate the information in his head, very much like Mozart, I would think. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving. ”
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“ The negative side so far has been predominantly nut-bags - Christian Web sites and a guy from a theater chain who wanted to get his name in the paper, who I don't think even saw the movie, but saw a press opportunity. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ There was never a lighting crew, sound crew, makeup crew, anything,... The list of cameramen is a list of great bebop musicians and writers in L.A., buddies of ours who just happened to be around. ”
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“ My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ You don't have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don't know". ”
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“ Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision. ”
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“ My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. ”
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“ We would sit and drink decaffeinated coffee and discuss things. Always pretentiously. ”
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“ Every other magician says, `We're over here and you're there, and we're supposed to try and fool you because you're idiots,'. ”
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“ You don't have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don't know". ”
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“ My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them. ”
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