The document discusses different perspectives on religion from notable figures such as Mark Twain, Clarence Darrow, Taslima Nasreen, Sam Harris, and George Carlin. It touches on themes of religion being amoral, questioning religious beliefs boldly, and critiquing the idea that religion is needed to foster good behavior and provide spiritual fulfillment.

1. When Margaret
Sanger opened
the first birth
control clinic in
1916, the motto
of her journal was
“No Gods, No
Masters”
Was God a
baker?
Our duty: doing
something here
and now…

2. Heaven has been thought out and constructed upon an absolute
definite plan… it shall contain, in labored detail, each and every
imaginable thing that is repulsive to a man, and not a single thing
he likes!
-Mark Twain, Letters From the Earth
The world is
amoral,
there is no
good God

3. …everyone is an agnostic as
to the beliefs or creeds they
do not accept.
Clarence Darrow:

4. Taslima Nasreen

5. Two myths now keep faith
beyond the fray of rational
criticism, and they seem to
foster religious extremism
and religious moderation
equally…
Sam Harris
(i) most of us believe that there are good things that people get from religious faith (e.g.,
strong communities, ethical behavior, spiritual experience) that cannot be had
elsewhere; (2) many of us also believe that the terrible things that are sometimes done
in the name of religion are the products not of faith per se but of our baser natures-
forces like greed, hatred, and fear-for which religious beliefs are themselves the best (or
even the only) remedy.

7. .“What would I do if the doctor gave me only six
months to live? Type faster.”

8. I really do not believe that there is a god – in fact
I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle
difference).

9. Question with boldness.
Do not be frightened.

10. 'Religion convinced the world
that there's an invisible man in
the sky who watches everything
you do. And there's 10 things he
doesn't want you to do or else
you'll go to a burning place with
a lake of fire until the end of
eternity. But he loves you!'‘
George Carlin