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Martin Amis, The Second Plane: 14 Responses to September 11 Quotes: Belief is otiose reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.
         

Belief is otiose reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.


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Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.



Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.

Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous. And yet love turns out to be the only part of us that is solid, as the world turns upside down and the screen goes black.



It is straightforward—and never mind, for now, about plagues and famines: if God existed, and if he cared for humankind, he would never have given us religion.

It is straightforward—and never mind, for now, about plagues and famines: if God existed, and if he cared for humankind, he would never have given us religion.



It’s possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when they do it?

It’s possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when they do it?





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