A Quote by Christopher Hitchens

Name one moral action performed by a believer that could not have been done by a nonbeliever.

Christopher Hitchens

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Christopher Hitchens
American - Author
April 13, 1949 - December 15, 2011

Here is my challenge. Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been uttered or done by a nonbeliever. And here is my second challenge. Can any reader think of a wicked statement made, or an evil action performed, precisely because of religious faith? The second question is easy to answer, is it not? The first - I have been asking it for some time - awaits a convincing reply. By what right, then, do the faithful assume this irritating mantle of righteousness? They have as much to apologize for as to explain.

Christopher Hitchens

Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever.

Christopher Hitchens

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Primo Levi

The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.

Albert Einstein

Regret is distress over a desire unfulfilled or an action performed or not performed.

Joyce Meyer

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Greg Koukl

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Friedrich Nietzsche

I have done all kinds of roles - comedy, action, romance, and thrillers. Just name the genre, and I've done it.

Bobby Deol

the action we take in the name of love,those are moral or immoral.and normally it wouldn't matter

Cassandra Clare

Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being.

Dalai Lama

An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

Immanuel Kant

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Ralph Barton Perry

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