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"He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all."
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Science adjust it's views based on what is observed. Faith is the denial of observation, so that beliefs can be preserved."
Ron Ashley
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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world
-Richard Dawkins
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false and by the rulers as useful.
-Seneca
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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Of all the tyrannies that afflict mankind, tyranny in religion has been the worst.
-Thomas Paine
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Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions
-Blaise Pascal
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All religions have been made by men.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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If the ignorance of nature gave birth to the gods, then knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them
-Baron D'Holbach
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
-Benjamin Disraeli
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You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that needs help?
-Dan Barker
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You can't convince a believer of anything; thier belief is not based on evidence but a deep seated need to believe.
-Carl Sagan
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I am not an atheist "athiest" How can you not believe in something that dose not exist?
-Whitney Brown
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An idea dose not gain truth as it gains followers.
-Amanda bloom
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The most heinous crimes have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives
-Ghandi
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Absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
-infinity0
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By simple common sense i do not believe in god
-Charlie Chaplin
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Reliion is against women's rights and freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all relgions
Taslima Nasrin
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It is usually when men are at thier most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.
-llka Chase
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He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave
-William Drummond
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Faith is the determination to remain ignorant in the face of all evidence that you are ignorant.
-Shaun Mason
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The inspiration of the bible depends on the ignorance of the person who reads it
-Robert Ingersoll
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The greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race have their origin in this thing called religion.
Thomas Paine
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Whatever we cannot easily understand we call god; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
-Edward Abbey
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When you understand why you dismiss all the other gods, you will underatnd why i dismiss yours.
-Stephen Roberts
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The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.
Benjamin Franklin
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Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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''If atheism is a religion, then health is a disease!''
-Clark Adams
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any of these events from happening, and believers and non-believers alike suffer the same deaths.
Imagine for a minute that you are God with all his unlimited powers.
1) You decide that for some reason that the people on planet Earth need guidance for their own good. Do you
(a) Appear before one person in a vision, give them secret instructions and hope they pass it on correctly and don't take liberties, or
(b) Appear before the masses and tell them direct, thereby proving your existence beyond doubt and at the same time ensuring that they get the right message.
2) You wish to have your laws continued forever. Do you
a) Tell them once and disappear for a couple of thousand years or more, or
(b) Make regular appearances to reinforce belief.
3) You care for these people, so when you see things going terribly wrong, do you
a) Sit back and watch the fun, or
(b) Step in again with some timely advice.
4) You have unlimited powers, you can create the world any way you want. Do you
(a) Make the climate changeable and unpredictable resulting in the deaths of millions due to drought, floods, heat waves etc. Or
(b) Create a stable climate so that the population can grow their crops and feed themselves.
For all questions answered (a), Really bad idea, award yourself nil points. For all answers (b), Well done! good choice, you get full marks. So why do we have all the above wrong answer situations in the world and none of the good answers? If you believe there is a God, how do you answer that? Why would He act in such an uncaring and nonsensical way? Please do not reply with that old standby phrase reserved for all tricky questions, 'God's work is beyond our understanding'. You can bet your life it is! Given unlimited powers any one of us could make a much better job of it
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After going through the topic Nairaland Needs Moderators Urgently and reading poster 49 by Redman44 who said this @ Aspiring Moderators and Assistants
Moderating on Forums is not a child's play. Apart from all the rules Seun Osewa has laid, you have to be very knowledgeable to keep the threads fresh. It is not just about holding the position, and banning and unbanning posters or contributors. A moderator has to constantly conceive new ways to keep a thread going. He or she must be able to come up with new angles and approaches to the issue being discussed. Good internet and archival research skills should be a virtue of Nairaland Moderators. Moderators should also be able to present their ideas clearly and possess good writing skills. I'm not saying you have to be another Wole Soyinka to be a good Moderator, but you've got to be good with words. A Moderator must also be able to edit posts and urge posters to come up with new angles to the information they provide.
Nairaland is growing in leaps and bounds and there are many foreigners travelling through the site. Seun, you need to get quality Moderators if you want to get solid investors. If you care to know, your site was discussed recently on the Jubilee Line on the London Underground recently.
I feel aspiring moderators should go to www.gumtree.com and check the site's forums. Look at how Bluey and Montezuma are doing their thing as Gumtree forum moderators. You can learn a thing or two from them. Have a nice weekend. Cheers.
As Nairaland's newest moderator i can honestly say that i can't boast of any of the above (apart from being on nairaland about 400 days a year) but i've taken note of the points made by redman44 and i'm working on them. So to all you aspiring moderators out there i want you to say why you want to moderate? How you'll improve Nairaland if your selected? And What Makes A Good Moderator?  |
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