I AM A FUCKING INTELLECTUAL

“For self-preservation man has conceived the idea of an immortal Soul or Ātman, which will live eternally. In his ignorance, weakness, fear, and desire, man needs these two things to console himself. Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically.”

— Rahula, Walpola (2007-12-01). What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada (Kindle Locations 1268-1270). Perseus Books Group. Kindle Edition. 

“Gārgī, do not ask too many questions, lest your head should split apart. You are asking too many questions about a deity concerning whom too many questions should not be asked. Gārgī, do not ask too many questions.”

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The Upanishads, Penguin Classics, Pg 48

FACT: Religion promotes and encourages ignorance and blind faith.

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Charging the Poor for Flu Shots?

“Deeply homophobic” Catholic Charities’ clinics charging the poor for government-subsidized flu shots.

Why am I totally unsurprised?

“If there is a God who will damn his children forever, I would rather go to hell than to go to heaven and keep the society of such an infamous tyrant. I make my choice now. I despise that doctrine. It has covered the cheeks of this world with tears. It has polluted the hearts of children, and poisoned the imaginations of men…. What right have you, sir, Mr. clergyman, you, minister of the gospel to stand at the portals of the tomb, at the vestibule of eternity, and fill the future with horror and with fear? I do not believe this doctrine, neither do you. If you did, you could not sleep one moment. Any man who believes it, and has within his breast a decent, throbbing heart, will go insane. A man who believes that doctrine and does not go insane has the heart of a snake and the conscience of a hyena.”

— Robert Green Ingersoll, “The Liberty Of All” (1877)

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