So, when is trumpski's Alcatraz supposed to open for business?

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ~ Rudyard Kipling

Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned. ~ Mark Twain

Robbed from @PaulleyTicks ...

𝓐 𝓴𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓮𝓬𝓱 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓵𝓾𝓸𝓾𝓼. ~ Ingrid Bergman

Religion attaches to heaven an idea of equality which prevents the rich from being slaughtered by the poor. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte, March 4, 1806, during a meeting of the national committee

If your life experience (testimony) is what you use to bring others into your religion, you're asking them to trust you, not god. If you ask them to read the bible, you are asking them to trust humans who wrote it, not god. ~ @hookskat.bsky.social

Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics, and your opponent will do it for you. ~ Mark Twain

A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings. ~ Sam Harris

There's no Hell mentioned in the Old Testament. The punishment of the dead is not specified there. It's only with gentle jesus, meek and mild, that the idea of eternal torture for minor transgressions is introduced. ~ Christopher Hitchens

I don’t mind being criticized. I’ll never, ever complain. Donald Trump, CNN, September 24, 2015

Telling an atheist they’re going to hell is like telling a religious person they’re going to Candy Land. You don’t scare us. You 𝘢𝘳𝘦 pretty comical, though ...

𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕤, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤.

Those who would break down the barriers between church & state always imagine their own tribe in charge & making the rules for all. They should imagine the tribe they dislike most having control over their lives. The 2nd scenario will definitely be someone's reality.

Only 94 days!!

The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity & fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world. ~ Carl Sagan

And what do we make of the fact that, in bringing his treatise to a close, the creator of the universe could think of no human concerns more pressing than the coveting of servants and livestock? -Sam Harris, Letter to a christian Nation

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. ~ Stephen Hawking

jews do not recognize geezus as the messiah. protestants do not recognize the pope as the leader of the christian faith. baptists don't recognize each other in a liquor store.

They can cry all they please, but they cannot change this one ...

As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys. ~ William Blake

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙩. ~ Nelson Henderson

There are scores of thousands of human insects who are ready at a moment’s notice to reveal the will of god on every possible subject. ~ George Bernard Shaw

There is in every village a torch – the teacher – and an extinguisher – the clergyman. ~ Victor Hugo

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. ~ Jean Rostand

Regarding the collection of writings & letters assembled into the bible: The plural of anecdote is not ‘data.’ ~ Matt Dillahunty

To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used. ~ Richard Dawkins

The family that prays together is brainwashing their children. ~ Albert Einstein

Did you miss this one in Sunday fucking school?

The shroud of Turin The toast of Turin

Who can possibly believe a creator who supposedly loves all his creations would favor a chosen people or land? Who could imagine said creator would deliver his message at one end of the Mediterranean in only one age instead of universally for all time? The notion is illogical.