Mar 26 2010
I’ve decided to make it Quotations Week on the Atheist Meme of the Day. Here’s today’s Atheist Meme of the Day, from my Facebook page. Pass this on; or don’t; or make up your own. Enjoy!
“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.” -Frederick Douglass
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D A
March 26, 2010 at 10:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I can’t be bothered to look it up, but thre’s a good quote to the effect of ‘a thousand pairs of hands praying have less effect than one pair working’.
phhht
March 26, 2010 at 10:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
When I was a child, I used to pray to God for a bicycle. Then I
realized that God doesn’t work in that way – so I stole a bicycle
and prayed for forgiveness.
– Emo Phillips
Lynet
March 26, 2010 at 10:53 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
To be fair, I think it’s necessary context to note that Frederick Douglass was an ordained minister and seems to have remained fairly religious throughout, at least as far as I can tell from Wikipedia. It’s a nice quote, but it’s not an endorsement of atheism.
Richard P.
March 27, 2010 at 1:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them?
So, now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universeâ – Marcus Cole
Jennifer Burdoo
March 29, 2010 at 7:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Douglass also said that he was inspired to escape by a hymn:
“Run to Jesus,
Shun the danger.
I don’t expect to stay much longer here.”
He still has a good point. Even many believers will admit that God helps those who help themselves… which from an atheists point of view means we didn’t need God’s help in the first place.