I don't believe there are gods but I can't prove it any more than theists can prove they exist. I can't prove there are no fairies at the bottom of the garden either. The whole thing is irrelevant because we don't need gods or fairies. Unicorns would be nice though.
However I am strongly anti-religious. I am not aware of anything that has caused more harm in this world than religion, particularly the Abrahamic religions. History is full of the atrocities that have taken place in the name of Christianity and now it seems it's the Muslim’s turn and their believe in Islam. I have heard all the arguments that it is only radical Muslims that are the problem and that the majority are peaceful. Read the Qur’an and judge for yourself which group is following what is taught in that book. The bible is just as bad and possibly worse based on a simple count.
Sam Harris said to imagine a future where people murder each other over interpretations of Star Wars or Windows 98. Could anything be more ridiculous? But that is no more ridiculous than the world we live in now.
When the last temple has been torn down, when the last holy book has been destroyed, when the last preacher has been defrocked, then, and only then, will there be peace.
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I don't think Mark Twain said that, he was an atheist. Another quote is "if all the atheists left the United States it would loose about 1.5% of its prison population and 95% of the Academy of Sciences". The first figure doesn't mean much because only 3.1% of the population state they are atheists.
@DesiredNightmare: I'm not sure but I think it was something Ricky Gervais said. I have no idea where he got the information or even if he just made it up. If it was him you would have to ask him not me. As I said though the first number is a little meaningless.
