If you believe that there’s a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell—or not getting eternal life or whatever—and you think that, well, it’s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward. . . . How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?
Thou shalt not take anything on faith - Penn Jillette
Thou shalt not take anything on faith
- Penn Jillette
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forci… - Penn Jillette
People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forci…
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.' - Penn Jillette
Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
Comedy is taken care of by a free market. - Penn Jillette
Comedy is taken care of by a free market.
Everyday is an atheist holiday. - Penn Jillette
Everyday is an atheist holiday.
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things. - Penn Jillette
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things.
God works in mysterious, inefficient, and breathtakingly cruel ways - Penn Jillette
God works in mysterious, inefficient, and breathtakingly cruel ways
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance. - Penn Jillette
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be attributed to ignorance.
If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most. - Penn Jillette
If there's something you really want to believe, that's what you should question the most.
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