Armin Navabi Quotes

#1. the truth is true even if no one believes it, and untrue claims are still untrue even if everyone believes them.

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#2. In reality, the only necessary argument against believing in God is simply that there is no evidence that any gods exist. An

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#3. Not knowing the answer to a question is not a valid excuse for making up a fairytale to explain it.

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#4. There is no evidence to suggest that God helps people. There is, however, ample evidence that people can help themselves and each other.

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#5. Similarly, while prayer is frequently a person's first response to a disaster, it's often the least helpful. Instead of praying for disaster victims, it would be more helpful to donate blood, send donations or volunteer. These are actions that can actually have a positive effect on someone.

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#6. Close analysis of 'miracles' have never led to any proof for a supernatural explanation, and, in fact, many have proven to be cheap magic tricks, hallucinations or primitive misunderstandings of natural phenomena.

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#7. An all-loving god would surely not damn his children to an eternity of torture simply for being born into a culture that believes in the wrong deity, follows the wrong holy book or attends the wrong type of church services.

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#8. In order for something to qualify as a miracle, it must be more than statistically unlikely; it must be physically impossible without some sort of supernatural intervention.

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#9. With no evidence for an afterlife, we should recognize the true value of our current lives as our one and only shot at happiness. Wasting it on unfounded claims and ancient myths is an absolute tragedy.

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#10. An unknown cause is not the same as divine intervention.

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#11. If Complexity Requires a Creator, Who Created God?

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#12. There are no holy atheist scriptures, no atheist pope and no atheist rituals, tenets, creeds, code or authority. Atheism cannot be held accountable for the activities of atheists in the same way that religion can be judged by its doctrine because atheism has no doctrines.

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#13. If morality truly stemmed from an all-powerful deity, it would not change over time.

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#14. Scriptures may have grains of historical truth within them, but there is also ample hyperbole, speculation and mythology.

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#15. Some theists will use this line of defense when questioned about their beliefs: "Person X is very intelligent, and he believes in God. Who am I to say he's wrong?

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#16. Science doesn't claim to have absolute certainty about the world; it creates models that provide the best explanation based on the available evidence. If additional evidence is found, the model can be changed.

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#17. The idea that a large group of people believing in something automatically makes it true is a logical fallacy called argumentum ad populum.

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#18. Part of the beauty and wonder of being alive is the opportunity to make your own choices and create your own meaning.

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#19. The religions that we have today are a small fraction of all religions that have existed throughout human history. The ones that we are left with have survived because they have more effectively adapted to attract and hold the allegiance of many people.

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#20. religious beliefs have been so widespread because they tap into the psychological desires of many people, not because there is any external proof of their veracity.

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#21. I cannot say with absolute certainty that my wife is not a professional assassin hired by the People's Republic of China to exterminate me. But I don't spend time worrying about the possibility because there is no evidence whatsoever to support it.

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#22. Just because an event's cause is not immediately apparent or understandable does not mean that it must have a supernatural origin.

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