Quotes from famous freethinkers

[Elohim]

"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear"
Thomas Jefferson

[MikeF]

In honor of the passing of Gore Vidal, one of his best:

"Politics is just show business for ugly people"

[Elohim]

"The essence of Christianity is told to us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the Tree of Knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions." Frank Zappa

[nanoanomaly]

Bob of Quantum-Faith wrote:

<quoted text>
No-- even if you offered $1 million, on your knees or other things?
I'm just not interested in you-- you are shallow, uneducated and, frankly, boring.
What's worse, is you have a masochistic streak that is frankly, disgusting.
Your first post to me, was after I had posted a silly reference to Monty Python's "The Holy Grail".
My reaction to your comment? Disgust.
I haven't forgotten that.

That wasn't you I posted to you moron.

You've spent so much time down at the ToolBox you no longer know how to interact with females. Sick.

Do you hate your mommy like Roger does?

[Elohim]

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
&#8213; Bette Davis

[MikeF]

Knowing nothing beats knowing something that ain't so.- Chip Todd

[Lil Ticked]

“Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.”
&#8213; Penn Jillette

[nanoanomaly]

"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact." ~ Shakespeare

[Lil Ticked]

nanoanomaly wrote:

"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact." ~ Shakespeare

What is funny is that I just got blocked by a YouTube channel for informing them that the book that they were trying to get pulled from a school curriculum was a modern rendition of Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. They didn't like finding out that most of Shakespeare's work was pretty pornographic.

[nanoanomaly]

Lil Ticked wrote:

<quoted text>What is funny is that I just got blocked by a YouTube channel for informing them that the book that they were trying to get pulled from a school curriculum was a modern rendition of Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. They didn't like finding out that most of Shakespeare's work was pretty pornographic.

Wasn't he called the "bawdy poet"?

I think he would have been a fun lay. It's always good to laugh *during*.

I was born far too late in history. I would've made a great milkmaid.

;)

[Lil Ticked]

nanoanomaly wrote:

<quoted text>Wasn't he called the "bawdy poet"?
I think he would have been a fun lay. It's always good to laugh *during*.
I was born far too late in history. I would've made a great milkmaid.
;)

Still could be.
;)

[Kong_]

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
—Wilson Mizner

[MikeF]

Perhaps not free-thinkers all but interesting nonetheless.

Skip the Chavez part and go down to the "Famous and infamous last words"

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/07/chavez_last_w...

[MikeF]

“How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost?”- Dan Barker

[wow]

wow

[Lil Ticked]

A douchebag is a douchebag regardless of their belief system or lack there of.
~me

[nanoanomaly]

Lil Ticked wrote:

<quoted text>Still could be.
;)

Great....now I'm thinking about fresh churned butter. I'll never be able to look another Guernsey in the eye without thinking of you.

:D

[nanoanomaly]

Lil Ticked wrote:

A douchebag is a douchebag regardless of their belief system or lack there of.
~me

Yep.

[Bob of Quantum-Faith]

nanoanomaly wrote:

<quoted text>Great....now I'm thinking about fresh churned butter. I'll never be able to look another Guernsey in the eye without thinking of you.
:D

Credit, prostituting herself again....

... disgusting.