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William Thomas Cummings
William Thomas Cummings quotes
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“If the assertion that there is a god is nonsensical, then the atheist's assertion that there is no god is equally nonsensical, since it is only a significant proposition that can be significantly contradicted.”
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“Screw guilt -- I could have sex with 10 men and it wouldn't bother me. I'm an atheist!”
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“We are all given a gift of existence and of being sentient beings, and I think true happiness lies in love and compassion.”
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“Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.”
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“It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a particular priority for secular Americans, perhaps the most anxious and disappointed people on earth, for their nation infuses them with the most extreme hopes about what they may be able to achieve in their working lives and relationships.”
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“It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”
Source : In Observer 17 Aug. 1986
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“Greed is permanent slavery”
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“Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'”
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“The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front.”
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“Planes are my foxhole. I'm always on my knees in them.”
