That perfect quote

[aitm]

You remember this, " Creationist speak with confident authority on topics they go out of their way to know nothing about"


It's like a perfect short concise thought that embodies an entire argument into one sentence

I have often, due to my poor education, stumbled around for that perfect snappy one about the whole god existing forever and all-knowing jibberish without much success.

My best unfortunately is this:  The belief that an all knowing ever existing thing, which needs nothing, can know everything about everything that has not yet been created, so that something, which has yet to exist, can worship that which needs nothing for the purpose of attaining everlasting existence so that the thing which needs nothing can have something of which it does not have for the purpose of having something for which it doesn't need. Makes perfect sense.

Can you make this better?

[PickelledEggs]

I have no idea how to shorten that. I never did too well academically either and that's such a huge run on sentence, that I don't even know what to do with it.

I did just stumble across this list of really good atheist quotes. I'm sure something will fit for you, or at least give you a better idea of how to say whatever you're trying to say.

http://whynogod.wordpress.com/quotes/

[Plu]

‘If God had wanted us to believe in Him, He would have existed’. â€" Linda Smith

For some reason this really made me chuckle :P

[AllPurposeAtheist]

You remember this, " Creationist speak with confident authority on topics they go out of their way to know nothing about"


It's like a perfect short concise thought that embodies an entire argument into one sentence

I have often, due to my poor education, stumbled around for that perfect snappy one about the whole god existing forever and all-knowing jibberish without much success.

My best unfortunately is this:  The belief that an all knowing ever existing thing, which needs nothing, can know everything about everything that has not yet been created, so that something, which has yet to exist, can worship that which needs nothing for the purpose of attaining everlasting existence so that the thing which needs nothing can have something of which it does not have for the purpose of having something for which it doesn't need. Makes perfect sense.

Can you make this better?

That last one almost sounds like my ex for some reason.....I KNOW,  it's her perfect logic. That always threw me off about her.

[Sal1981]

A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the truth even if nobody believes it.

I would go as far as to say that the foundations of all faith-based religions are complete and utter lies, all built upon ulterior motives and/or the superstitions of people.

[stromboli]

The belief in an all knowing and ever existing God;
which needs nothing, yet has perfect knowledge about everything yet to be created
but needs to create worshipers who are yet to exist
to worship that which needs nothing, so they may attain everlasting life
in order that the God who needs nothing has something it does not have
for the purpose of having something it doesn't need.

Makes perfect sense.

[SGOS]

I would go as far as to say that the foundations of all faith-based religions are complete and utter lies, all built upon ulterior motives and/or the superstitions of people.

I agree.  Religions are so old that it's difficult to know their exact origins, but if we look at two major modern cults, Mormonism and Islam, it should be easy to see that they were laid out by self serving charlatans.  This is also true of the modern cults that have fallen by the wayside, Waco, Texas and Jonestown.  There are also the TV televangelists that are most apparently in it just to attain wealth.  Although, that last group may actually believe their own bullshit, but I doubt it.

[aitm]

The belief in an all knowing and ever existing God;
which needs nothing, yet has perfect knowledge about everything yet to be created
but needs to create worshipers who are yet to exist
to worship that which needs nothing, so they may attain everlasting life
in order that the God who needs nothing has something it does not have
for the purpose of having something it doesn't need.

Makes perfect sense.

Looks better.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

  Sounds just like a deadbeat dad who brags to his friends about his billions of kids,  but has no intention of ever looking after one much less billions.