Quotes = new Array( "In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris, Beliefnet inverview", "Why should the Bible be believed concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven, when it is considered to be erroneously written as to points which admit of direct demonstration or unquestionable reasoning? -- Saint Agustine, De Genesi ad literam i, 19", "Clearly, anyone who claims to be certain that Jesus was literally born of a virgin is lying. -- Sam Harris, Beliefnet inverview", "Some of the most famous events in the Bible clearly never happened at all. -- Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, The Bible Unearthed", "Faith is a hole in your brain. Faith stops critical thinking. Faith is a failure point inculcated into people's minds, an unguarded weak point that allows all kinds of nasty, maggoty, wretched ideas to crawl into their heads and take up occupancy.--PZ Meyers, The worm god", "Arguments cannot be answered by personal abuse.... Should it turn out that I am the worst man in the whole world, the story of the flood will remain just as improbable as before, and the contradictions of the Pentateuch will still demand an explanation. -- Robert Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses", "Many of the famous episodes in the biblical story of David and Solomon are fictions, historically questionable, or highly exaggerated. -- Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, David and Solomon", "God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.' -- Ann Coulter, Fox News, Hannity & Colmes, June 20, 2001", "I'm not a big fan of the Bible, and every time I do dig into it, I find myself disgusted. -- PZ Myers Pharyngula: Insanity Squared", "The dark Religions have departed and sweet Science reigns. -- William Blake The Four Zoas", "Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God. -- Martin Luther", "Reason is the Devil's greatest whore ... Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. -- Martin Luther", "Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his Reason. -- Martin Luther", "We know, on the authority of Moses, that longer than six thousand years the world did not exist. -- Martin Luther, Lectures on Genesis", "Power-mad, belligerent, masochistic, petty, woefully insecure, extremely dangerous and unpredictable (and seemingly not too bright) Yahweh exhibits all the worst attributes of man. -- Brendan Powell Smith, creator of the Brick Testament", "God is his wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why. -- Ogden Nash", "Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. -- Richard Feynman", "I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. -- Jules Renard" ); var x = Math.floor (Quotes.length * Math.random()); document.write(Quotes[x]);