Atheist, Agnostic, and Non-Religious

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Positive support and discussion for atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, the Brights, secularists, and anyone who feels the pull of reason in need of a supportive group. Christians and other religious are welcome. However, this is a non-religious group, please keep that in mind when engaging with other members. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "More and more, as I think about history,' he pondered, 'I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world had been accomplished by the free inquiring critical spirit and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever. But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and of silencing them forever." --Sinclair Lewis "Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason." --Christopher Hitchens "A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." --Albert Einstein "When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave. There was for me no master in all the wide world, not even in infinite space. I was free--free to think, to express my thoughts--free to live my own ideal, free to live for myself and those I loved, free to use all my faculties, all my senses, free to spread imagination's wings, free to investigate, to guess and dream and hope, free to judge and determine for myself . . . I was free! I stood erect and fearlessly, joyously faced all worlds." --Robert G. Ingersoll "Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism." --Isaac Asimov, "On Religiosity," Free Inquiry †† "You do not need the bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate." --Richard A. Weatherwax "Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown His own?" --Bertrand Russell ******************************************* Quotes From The Faithful: "but i choose to believe in christ being my savior because i have to...i think that qualifies for thinking outside the box" --Christian flamer, Carlos Rodriguez, 09/15/2006 "How can atheists sue God? It would be rather like me sueing the Easter Bunny." --Nameless British Fan of AANR, famed Facebook Christian Apologist, as written on "The Free Sandwich" thread Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ AANR Wiki by Adam Christ: http://radicalbehaviorist.net/AANR/index.php?title=Main_Page Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ-Φ Relevant Links: AANR on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=509744967#!/group