And of course death can't be conquered...but oh, the battle can be glorious.

religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor

FAITH. No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the poison that destroys critical thinking, undermines evidence, and leads people into lives dedicated to absurdity. It’s a parasite regarded as a virtue. I speak as a representative of the scientific faction of atheism: it’s one thing we simply cannot compromise on. Faith is wrong.

We shouldn't be gratuitously obnoxious, we should be purposefully obnoxious.

The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion

We live our lives for our life's sake, rather than for illusions about rewards and satisfaction after we're dead.

Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs.