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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 6h

“We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.” ― Andy Rooney

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 12h

“I believe that religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don't believe in either. I don't believe in God as I don’t believe in Mother Goose.” ― Clarence Darrow

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Lee Heffner @leeheffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Atheists—every and any book.

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Atheism or similar charges was not unusual among intellectuals, nor condemned by the masses. The prize-winning plays of Aristophanes were not merely atheist, but made fun of the gods and their prophets and oracles.” ― Benjamin Jowett

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join us Thursday, Oct 15 at 6:30 PM for our monthly dinner for Skeptics, Humanists, and Freethinkers at Copeland’s of New Orleans in Jacksonville, FL. Only 15 seats available. RSVP required on Meetup: mtup.link/e/EuLyiQ

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“If I say ‘there is no God’, I disrespect your belief; how when you say ‘there is a God’ you do not disrespect mine?” ― M.F. Moonzajer

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Skepticism is my nature. Free Thought is my methodology. Agnosticism is my conclusion. Atheism is my opinion. Humanitarianism is my motivation.” ― Jerry DeWitt

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise.” ― Margherita Hack

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is impossible to respect the beliefs of others who don't believe as you do.” ― Sam Harris

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.” ― Theodore Parker

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“God seemed to have become a brand, a packaging, and people purchase this trusted brand with such faith and devotion that they no longer care who the vendor is.” ― Justin Villanueva

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Sixth Circle Charity @sixthcirclecharity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September 30th is International Blasphemy Rights Day, a time to continue advocating for freedom of expression and the right to criticize religion without fear of violence or arrest.

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“The Atheist waits for proof of God. Till that proof comes he remains, as his name implies, without God. His mind is open to every new truth, after it has passed the warder Reason at the gate.” ― Annie Wood Besant

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Save the dates! Check out next month's events and join us for one (or more)! Nice mix of in person and virtual gatherings! tinyurl.com/fcfsOct2026

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a deity intelligible; and to the extent that they have made it intelligible, they have given us no reason to think that anything answers to it.” ― A.J. Ayer

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Join us Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 pm on Zoom to discuss Kevin Smith's satirical comedy "Dogma," about two fallen angels who could endanger humankind in their attempt to get back into heaven. RSVP on Meetup: mtup.link/e/EuEHqg

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 26/09/2026

Americans apparently think atheists are more than five times as common as we actually are. Imagine what we could accomplish if there really were that many of us.

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not a deity to whom one should seriously address a prayer.” ― Richard Herley

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Man had created God in his own image, not the other way around. He had done it through sheer terror, and who could blame him? Unfortunately he had made too good a job. The god he had invented was just as cruel and careless as man himself.

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.” ― Sam Harris

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.” ― Orhan Pamuk

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance, no longer believes in guardian angels or in original sin, and has also ceased to talk of the salvation of his soul.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join us October 19 at 6:30 pm on Zoom to hear Kate Parker from Florida End of Life Options Org give a presentation titled "Medical Freedom For Floridians With A Terminal Illness" with a Q & A and discussion following. RSVP on Meetup: mtup.link/e/EteGPA

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Nothing draws people more quickly away from religion than an open mind.” ― Hemant Mehta

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because your god having to be one or the other of the two, in the first instance I should be mad to believe in him, and in the second a fool.” ― Marquis De Sade

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

...If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.” ― Penn Jillette

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense...

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“I don't think it is a good mental health practice to fantasize that you know the infinite thoughts of imaginary entities.” ― Stefan Molyneux

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“All true believers have good reasons for disbelieving in every god except their own,' said Birbal, 'and so it is they who, between them, give me all the reasons for believing in none.” ― Salman Rushdie

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant to give up the old ones.” ― Ruth Hurmence Green

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.” ― Clarence Darrow

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.” ― Criss Jami

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Your least favorite virtue, or nominee for the most overrated one? Faith. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience.” ― Christopher Hitchens

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.” ― James Madison

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join our virtual movie discussion Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30 pm on Zoom to discuss the 2005 film Conversations With Other Women. RSVP on Meetup: mtup.link/e/Et1Peg

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.” ― Richard Jeni

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“All children are atheists, they have no idea of God.” ― Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"It is straightforward—and never mind, for now, about plagues and famines: if God existed, and if he cared for humankind, he would never have given us religion.” ― Martin Amis

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.” ― Denis Diderot

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thethinkingatheist.com @thethinkingatheist.com · 03/09/2026

An atheist activist pays tribute to a "Christian Humanist." WATCH: sbee.link/wxmpkncth8

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American Humanist Association @americanhumanist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem was our 2012 Humanist of the Year, a voice for women, and a critic of power. Thank you, Gloria, for a lifetime of hard work towards a more equal world.

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Impiety @noholyscripture.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"A feminist is anyone who recognises the equality and full humanity of women and men." -- Gloria Steinem

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First Coast Freethought Society @jaxfcfs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence, whereas insanity is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence.” ― William Harwood

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