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Matthew Arnold (More Info) (1822-1888)

"All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science."

Source: Literature and Dogma

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Ambrose Bierce (More Info) (1842-1914)

"Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based."

Source: The Devil's Dictionary

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Noam Chomsky (More Info) (Born in 1928)

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"The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history"

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"You can find things in the traditional religions which are very benign and decent and wonderful and so on, but I mean, the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon. The God of the Bible - not only did He order His chosen people to carry out literal genocide - I mean, wipe out every Amalekite to the last man, woman, child, and, you know, donkey and so on, because hundreds of years ago they got in your way when you were trying to cross the desert - not only did He do things like that, but, after all, the God of the Bible was ready to destroy every living creature on earth because some humans irritated Him. That's the story of Noah. I mean, that's beyond genocide - you don't know how to describe this creature. Somebody offended Him, and He was going to destroy every living being on earth? And then He was talked into allowing two of each species to stay alive - that's supposed to be gentle and wonderful."

Source: Interview by Wallace Shawn, October 19, 2004

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Robert Green Ingersoll (More Info) (1833-1899)

"According to this account the promise of the devil was fulfilled to the very letter, Adam and Eve did not die, and they did become as gods, knowing good and evil."

Source: "The Gods", 1872

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"All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention of barbarian invention is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the coiled form of superstition then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity."

Source: "The Gods", 1872

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"As long as man believes the Bible to be infallible, that book is his master. The civilization of this century is not the child of faith, but of unbelief the result of free thought."

Source: "The Gods", 1872

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"As long as woman regards the Bible as the charter of her rights, she will be the slave of man. The bible was not written by a woman. Within its leaves there is nothing but humiliation and shame for her."

Source: "The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child", 1877

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"How long, O how long will mankind worship a book? How long will they grovel in the dust before the ignorant legends of the barbaric past? How long, O how long will they pursue phantoms in a darkness deeper than death?"

Source: "Heretics and Heresies", 1874

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"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."

Source: Third Interview on Rev. Talmadge, 1882

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