Don’t Hate Me
August 22nd, 2010 — 4:40pm
It has been a long, long, long, long freaking time since I had a DOUBLE UPDATE for you guys. But there you go. Enjoy!
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Archive for August 2010
Penn Jillette Quote on Blind Faith
August 10th, 2010 — 12:11pm
From a Vanity Fair interview (emphasis mine):
You’ve said that you’re beyond atheism. What does that mean?
I have trouble believing that other people believe. (Laughs.)
You think they’re lying?
I’m sure they’re not lying. Their belief may be genuine. But it’s like arguing that fairies are coming out of my toaster in the middle of the night. You can’t prove to me that there aren’t fairies in my toaster, but that doesn’t mean you should take me seriously. What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart and therefore you can act on it, you have completely justified the 9/11 bombers. You have justified Charlie Manson. If it’s true for you, why isn’t it true for them? Why are you different? If you say “I believe there’s an all-powerful force of love in the universe that connects us all, and I have no evidence of that but I believe it in my heart,” then it’s perfectly okay to believe in your heart that Sharon Tate deserves to die. It’s perfectly okay to believe in your heart that you need to fly planes into buildings for Allah.