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"Perhaps there will be babblers who claim to be judges of astronomy although completely ignorant of the subject and, badly distorting some passage of Scripture to their purpose, will dare to find fault with my undertaking and censure it. I disregard them even to the extent of despising their criticism as unfounded." Copernicus in his original Preface to De Revolutionibus, 1543 In part, Galileo was condemned to house arrest and Giordano Bruno was executed for the heretical "Copernican" view that the Earth was not the center of the universe. For our friends who believe that religion and science are somehow compatible, think about this. Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

Religion is all bunk."  D. 1931. “I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. . . . I am an aggregate of cells, as, for instance, New York City is an aggregate of individuals. Will New York City go to heaven? . . . No; nature made us—nature did it all—not the gods of the religions.” Thomas Alva Edison, The New York Times, Oct. 2, 1910 ("No Immortality of the Soul" Says Thomas A. Edison, interview by Edward Marshall) Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world. Lydia Maria Child, The Progress of Religious Ideas Through Successive Ages, 1855.  Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

"He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD." King James Bible  Deuteronomy 23:1 Does this include enlarged prostate?? Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

We must never retreat in the face of threats or punishments dispensed by theocratic terrorists more interested in protecting their power and indulging their vanity, than in advancing the human condition. If, as the true believers claim, the word 'gospel' means good news, then the good news for me is that there is no gospel, other than what I can define for myself, by observation and conscience. As a freethinking human being, I have come not to favor or fear religion, but to face and fight it as an impediment to civilized advancement.” Steve Benson, "From Latter-Day Saint to Latter Day Ain't" (1999), Freethought Today, December 1999 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering

“There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.” Ruth Hurmence Green, 1980 Promoting Understanding of Religious Suffering