28 Quotes by Guy P. Harrison

How does the Christian who claims a weeping statue of Mary is a miracle explain the milk-drinking statues of the Hindu god Ganesha?How does the Christian who says a healing miracle proves the existence of Jesus feel about millions of claims of divine healings by Muslims and Hindus?

If a beautiful sunflower is somehow supposed to be evidence of the Christian god, then what is a parasitic worm that eats children’s eyeballs evidence of?

Setting aside its failure to win over most people, the Bible can’t even communicate clearly to the people who already cherish it deeply and believe in it with all their heart.

Bad thinking leads people to believe first and ask questions later – if ever.

Suppose we’ve chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we’re just making him madder and madder. -Homer Simpson.

Let’s not dwell on the charge that we are all members of a corrupt and “fallen” species by birth. Rather, we should ask why it is we need saving in the first place. What is it we need saving from? The answer is God. He and his rules are the threat that we imperfect humans are up against. Therefore, God, in the form of Jesus, has offered to save us from himself.

The key point some Christians miss is that scientific ignorance about the beginning of life, or any of life’s processes, is not evidence of a god.

You are a human being with an immensely powerful brain. Don’t underestimate its ability to separate you from much of the nonsense and danger out there. Your life is yours, live it wisely.

Trust me, your brain will fool you more than enough all by itself. You don’t need anyone else helping you to make mistakes.