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"God is a socially created ideal being. This ideal embodies all the positive attributes of the society as seen by the elders. This ideal is meant to secure the longevity of the group, sometimes for ever. This ideal is embodied with unnatural, also called supernatural, characteristics that give it the highest power and longevity over the group in order to facilitate its position above the group, the group of individuals. This ideal is given the power through myth or other members of the society to punish or harm those who do not follow the subscriptions to living. There are rewards and there are punishments and none of it is supernatural but rather natural made through books to be supernatural for the sake of longevity... including living forever. I think there are a few more points but they all seem to follow this pattern. We are pattern seeking creatures."--James D. Smith, president of the Foundation for Unity, Inc. ... See MoreSee Less

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"I was raised in an Orthodox household, and I was raised devoutly religious up until around age 13 or so. In my adolescent years, one of the defining actions in my life was breaking away from all religious belief whatsoever."—Robert Sapolsky, Emperor Has No Clothes Award acceptance speech (Nov. 23, 2003) ... See MoreSee Less

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“My respect for the Abrahamic religions went up in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th. The last vestige of respect for the taboo disappeared as I watched the 'Day of Prayer' in Washington Cathedral, where people of mutually incompatible faiths united in homage to the very force that caused the problem in the first place: religion. It is time for people of intellect, as opposed to people of faith, to stand up and say 'Enough!' ”—Richard Dawkins, "Time to Stand Up," written for the Freedom From Religion Foundation (September 2001) ... See MoreSee Less

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