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I post daily atheist quotes on Facebook that are always met with opposition and I certainly dont mind a good debate, but my debating skills aren't the best and I'm usually a warrior instead of a diplomat because I tend to be a little overly emotional about it at times and come across kind of harsh or brash. At this point I'm greatly outnumbered by christians who are friends and family that keep trying to shut me up. anyone interested in adding me on Facebook and joining in the debate my name is Zac Polk and I'm from st. Louis. Id be glad to have you as we are all one big family here anyway. Thanks!!

Zac

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Permalink Reply by ROMAN ROMACH on December 20, 2010 at 8:58pm

You can't convince , much less convert, a religious type with ingrained beliefs with a few quotes. And you'll get an arguement more often than a discussion. Using the history of Christianity is much more effectve. You can get some good stuff from The Pagan Christ, by Tom Harpur.

Permalink Reply by Nathan Hevenstone on December 20, 2010 at 9:36pm

I'm adding you now.

Permalink Reply by Hollyn on December 20, 2010 at 9:38pm

I'll add you.

And in my humble opinion, I don't find posting atheist quotes to be antagonistic. It's your profile, put what the hell you want on it. Of course there is a difference between purposely trying to offend people and freedom of expression.

Luckily, I don't have very many Xian friends. Some of them who are, are family members. I figure this: I made my profile information visible to everyone. They can clearly see, if they took the time to look, that I am an atheist. It's their choice if they want to read my stuff. If they don't like it they can either hide me, delete me or never friend me at all. I don't target any of them personally and I never would.

And, for your facebooking pleasures, there is a nifty group called Atheist Quote of the Day. It's worth "Liking".

"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack." applies well, I think. Just replace Jedi with 'atheist' and the Force with 'atheism'. They don't call him Master Yoda for nothin'. ;-)

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on December 20, 2010 at 9:45pm

Of course there is a difference between purposely trying to offend people and freedom of expression.

Both of which have their place. Some people are so uptight that you have to offend them, just on basic principle.

Permalink Reply by Hollyn on December 20, 2010 at 9:54pm

Oh, well yes of course... There is a time and a place. As long as it's done with tact, I have no arguments! :)

I really enjoy offending people when they don't even realise they're being offended. That's just the best. :-p

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on December 24, 2010 at 1:43pm

And often it's worthwhile (and satisfing) to offend the asshats.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on December 24, 2010 at 2:10pm

Oh, certainly. Principle is nice to fall back on, after the fact. Why I really do it in the first place is because it's fun.

Permalink Reply by Richard Healy on December 24, 2010 at 2:24pm

I was a little bit caustic in a few of my replies. (I don't like being threatened with Hell - so they started it!)

Permalink Reply by Bryon on December 21, 2010 at 1:17am

Here you go...a few more quotes. You have likely used most of them I am sure.

“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.” James Madison 1803

“Millions of fables, tales and legends have been blended with Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed.” John Adams

“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.” James Madison

“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.” George Washington.

“I have recently been examining all of the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded upon fables and mythologies.” Thomas Jefferson. 1743-1826

“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” Abraham Lincoln

“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

“…Freedom arises from the multiplicity of sects, which pervades America and which is the best and only security for religious liberty in any society. For where there is such a variety of sects, there cannot be a majority of any one sect to oppress and persecute the rest.” James Madison. 1778

[spoken at the June 1778 Virginia convention on ratifying the Constitution]

“Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.” Thomas Jefferson

“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.” James Madison.

“During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution.” James Madison.

“I belong to no church.” Abraham Lincoln

“The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.” Abraham Lincoln

“Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.” Thomas Jefferson

“And the day will come, when the [virgin birth] will rank with the fable of the generation [birth] of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.” Thomas Jefferson

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Abraham Lincoln

“Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.” John Adams 1816. [Letter to his son, John Quincy Adams, 1816 November 13].

“You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?” Mark Twain

"I would not for my life destroy one star of human hope, but I want it so that when a poor woman rocks the cradle and sings a lullaby to the dimpled darling, she will not be compelled to believe that ninety-nine chances in a hundred she is raising kindling wood for hell." Robert Green Ingersoll

"I respect your right to believe whatever you need to believe, but I do not have to respect what you believe."

La Bruja del Hielo H.O.I. (Ret.)

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. -- James Albert Michener, novelist (1907- 97)

An idea is salvation by imagination. - Frank Lloyd Wright

Blacks, as well as women and homosexuals, who say they "love" the bible, truly revere the chains that bind them.

`Anne Nicol Gaylor, "Slavery: 'A Trust from God'

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." Denis Diderot

"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."
Robert Green Ingersoll

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance,
when the need for illusion is deep. - Saul Bellow

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it. -Mark Twain

Permalink Reply by Richard Healy on December 21, 2010 at 4:07am

Quid pro quo anybody fancy teach my shadow Alan about mutation and evolution? I'm at 176 replies already and he's still resisting reason.

Permalink Reply by Richard Healy on December 21, 2010 at 10:57am

Well that was a lot of fun. Shall enjoy seeing who I've managed to insult and by how much in the coming days...

Permalink Reply by Richard Healy on December 21, 2010 at 3:22pm

I am having far too much fun doing this.... ^^