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[[Christopher Hitchens]]: “The divorce between the sexual life and fear . . . can now at last be attempted on the sole condition that we banish all religions from the discourse.”

[[Christopher Hitchens]]: “The divorce between the sexual life and fear . . . can now at last be attempted on the sole condition that we banish all religions from the discourse.”

Sounds like these atheist apostles are simply putting a nuevo twist on an ancient bent. They appear to be humming the [[Marquis de Sade]]’s tune more than Sagan’s. Looks and sounds like a moral revolt to me. Yes, this is [[Epicurus]] all over again.

Sounds like these atheist apostles are simply putting a nuevo twist on an ancient bent. They appear to be humming the [[Marquis de Sade]]’s tune more than [[Carl Sagan|Sagan]]’s. Looks and sounds like a moral revolt to me. Yes, this is [[Epicurus]] all over again.

You remember Epi, don’t cha? His whole goal was to “get rid of the gods.” He and his other pre-Socratic “thinkers” like [[Lucretius]] and [[Democritus]] didn’t like all that duty and responsibility to higher powers and fellow mortals crap. It put a hitch in their get along. It brought them pain and they liked pleasure. They believed that such an obligation to men and the gods caused too much anxiety. They didn’t like the thought of being responsible and having to account for their lives in the afterlife. Such thoughts really screwed with getting their groove on, ya know what I’m sayin’?<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2007/10/27/atheism-an-intellectual-revolt-or-pelvic-rebellion-n1158257 Atheism: An Intellectual Revolt or Pelvic Rebellion?] by Doug Giles</ref>}}

You remember Epi, don’t cha? His whole goal was to “get rid of the gods.” He and his other pre-Socratic “thinkers” like [[Lucretius]] and [[Democritus]] didn’t like all that duty and responsibility to higher powers and fellow mortals crap. It put a hitch in their get along. It brought them pain and they liked pleasure. They believed that such an obligation to men and the gods caused too much anxiety. They didn’t like the thought of being responsible and having to account for their lives in the afterlife. Such thoughts really screwed with getting their groove on, ya know what I’m sayin’?<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2007/10/27/atheism-an-intellectual-revolt-or-pelvic-rebellion-n1158257 Atheism: An Intellectual Revolt or Pelvic Rebellion?] by Doug Giles</ref>}}