Sufism has no secrets into which I have not penetrated; the devout adorer of Deity has revealed to me the aim of his austerities; the atheist has not been able to conceal from me the real reason of his unbelief.The first for knowledge was innate in me from an early age; It was like a second nature implanted by God, without any will on my part.No sooner had I emerged from boyhood than I had already broken the fetters of tradition and freed myself from hereditary beliefs.
Here, then, is a very brief summary of the religiously inspired cru-elty I witnessed in these six places. In Belfast, I have seen whole streets burned out by sectarian warfare between different sects of Christian-ity, and interviewed people whose relatives and friends have been kid-napped and killed or tortured by rival religious death squads, often for no other reason than membership of another confession. There is an old Belfast joke about the man stopped at a roadblock and asked his religion. When he replies that he is an atheist he is asked, “Protestant or Catholic atheist?” I think this shows how the obsession has rotted even the legendary local sense of humor. In any case, this did actually happen to a friend of mine and the experience was decidedly not an amusing one.
AMERICAN ATHEIST: Ateist hayranlarınıza nasıl bir mesaj göndermek isterdiniz?
DNA: Merhaba! Nasılsınız?
AMERICAN ATHEIST: Hayranlarınız, arkadaşlarınız ya da birlikte çalıştığınız kimseler sizi ateizmden "kurtarmak" istediler mi?
DNA: Kesinlikle hayır. İngiltere'de bu tür köktenci yaklaşımlara pek rastlanmaz. Pekâlâ, belki biraz yanılıyor olabilirim. Ancak (ve burada yaklaşımım son derece burnu büyük olacak) belki de ben öyleleriyle karşılaşmamaya çalışıyor olabilirim, tıpkı televizyondaki pembe dizi seyircilerinden ya da National Enquirer tarzı dergi okurlaından uzak durmaya çalışmam gibi. Peki, ama karşılaşacak olsaydım nasıl tepki veririm? Bu yüzden pek canımı sıkmazdım.
Ironically, the word “atheist” was first used by pagans to describe Christians because they denied the very existence of the gods and goddesses whom the pagans so revered.
Ada Kizou'ya göre, Luis Bunuel yaşlılığında, "hala tanrıtanımazım Tanrıya şükür!" ("I am an atheist still thank God!") demiş.
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