History Quotes / NayTheist

-->-- ''[[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-]][[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3031 3031]] - "The Beginning of Wisdom"''

->''Well, God, I guess you think you've got me now! But this is not the way to change me. It was a bad blow I got on my back - now I'm stooping. You're the Almighty, nothing happens without your will. You wanted to hurt my back, to make me suffer for the rest of my life. Why? I don't think I sinned in cutting down the oaks. I clear fields for farming, and people get their daily bread from those fields. Is that why you reward me? What did you do to my father in his days? He fought the stones for twenty-five years and then a stone made a cripple of him. That, too, you allowed to happen, so you rewarded him. You took Kristina from me, you tricked her to die. How can a person trust a God who acts that way? How can anyone ask me to trust in the Lord after this? You gave me a mind - I've used it to the best of my ability. But if my sense isn't good enough - is this my fault? Why wasn't I given enough sense? I want to tell you, God: I'll never praise you for what you did to Kristina, for what you've done to me. Never. For I do not accept the injustices that you allow to happen. I won't budge. I won't submit. I'll always fight against it. Me you cannot coerce. Never will I ask forgiveness. I know I'm a helpless creature before the Almighty. You can do with me what you wish. '''But never, never will I say that it is just.''' The oak hit me across the back, but it didn't change my mind. If the tree had fallen a foot the right or to the left I would have lost my life. But it would have made no difference, it would not have changed me in the moment of death. You cannot do anything to change my mind. You've bent my body, God, but not my soul. You can kill me, you can rob me of my breath, '''but you cannot make me say you're just.''' You can never bend my soul. Never in eternity! Amen!''

->'''George:''' God would never let me be successful; he'd kill me first. He'd never let me be happy.\\

'''Cyril''': Heretic? Your Chief God exists, [[ShapedLikeItself so she exists]]. I hold loyalty to her anyway.

->''"Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they're there, they know they're there for a purpose, they'd probably agree that they have a place in a well-organized universe, but they wouldn't see the point of believing, of going around saying, ‘O great table, without whom we are as naught.' Anyway, either the gods are there whether you believe or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way you might as well ignore the whole business and, as it were, eat off your knees."''
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Literature/ReaperMan''

->''"I know of nothing poorer under the sun than you, Gods! You barely nourish -- by sacrificial offerings and prayerful exhalations -- your Majesty, and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly would starve]], were not children and beggars hopeful fools."''
-->-- Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe, ''Prometheus''

-->-- FlavorText of the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card [[https://scryfall.com/card/ori/12/enlightened-ascetic "Enlightened Ascetic"]]

-->-- A wealthy young noble, ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'', ''Realms of Sorcery''

-->-- '''[[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-]][[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3031 3031]] - "The Beginning of Wisdom"'''

Quotes related to '''NayTheist'''.

!!Quotes:

->'''Amos Hackshaw''': You don't belive in magic?\\

->'''Statue of Ganesh:''' In the seven hundred years that I have been a temple statue, I have never heard someone utter the words "a god" in the same tone that one might describe, oh, ''foot fungus.''\\

->''"Do you not see that all things of worth in this world are the works of mortals? The Gods merely feed on our achievements like carrion birds. All they have is this promise of a so-called afterlife. Once I rid the world of death, those charlatans won't have anything to use against us."''

-->--''Film/CastADeadlySpell''

'''Howard Lovecraft''': I believe in it, just don't use it.

->''Yes, honey our farm burned down, hence we are here. But, you know what, kids? Sometimes things just happen! And sometimes God is a vicious, two-faced prick.''

-->-- ''Discworld/{{Thud}}''

->''“A god like that was not worth a prayer.”''

->''"Well, it’s little I know—and less I’m wishful to know—of gods. But this I do know: I’ve seen naught at all, at all, to make me want to bow down and worship you. And, meaning no disrespect, I’d as soon have naught at all to do with you, if you take my meaning."''

->''"Wizards don’t believe in gods in the same way that most people don’t find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they’re there, they know they’re there for a purpose, they’d probably agree that they have a place in a well-organized universe, but they wouldn’t see the point of believing, of going around saying, ‘O great table, without whom we are as naught.’ Anyway, either the gods are there whether you believe or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way you might as well ignore the whole business and, as it were, eat off your knees."''
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''', ''Discworld/ReaperMan''

-->-- '''Lord Vetinari''', ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals''

->''"You’re welcome on my boat. God ain’t."''

->''"I accept that you exist. I don’t have to accept what you are, but your physical existence, I give you that."''

->'''George:''' God would never let me be successful; he’d kill me first. He’d never let me be happy.\\
'''Therapist:''' I thought you didn’t believe in God?\\

->''"You do remember logic, don’t you? It’s the part of your brain that weeps every time you kneel down and pray to a glorified petting zoo."''

->[''Hawkgirl is poised over Icthultu’s exposed brain.'']\\

[''Hawkgirl smashes his brain in with her [[DropTheHammer big honkin’ mace]].'']

->''"Can you interfere arbitrarily with what I am doing? Yes—physically. No—mentally. Can a brick kill me? Yes. Can a brick get into my mind and tell me what to do? No. Can an omnipotent being do that? Yes. An omnipotent being, by definition, is a totalitarian dictator. Ah, but he won’t use his power? Never mind. He '''has''' it."''

->''“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”''

-->-- '''Polly Perks''', ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''

-->-- FlavorText of the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398414 "Enlightened Ascetic"]]

->''“Think someone could spend half their life in a slam with a horse bit in their mouth and not believe? Think he could start out in some liquor store trash bin with an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and not believe? Got it all wrong, holy man. I absolutely believe in God … And I absolutely '''hate''' the fucker.”''

->[''Hawkgirl is poised over Icthultu’s exposed brain.'']\\
'''Icthultu:''' You will not do this thing, child of Thanagar. Icthultu still has faith in you.\\
'''Hawkgirl:''' So do I.\\
[''Hawkgirl smashes his brain in with her [[DropTheHammer big honkin’ mace]].'']
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', "The Terror Beyond"

->''“Can you interfere arbitrarily with what I am doing? Yes—physically. No—mentally. Can a brick kill me? Yes. Can a brick get into my mind and tell me what to do? No. Can an omnipotent being do that? Yes. An omnipotent being, by definition, is a totalitarian dictator. Ah, but he won’t use his power? Never mind. He '''has''' it.”''
-->-- '''Creator/AynRand''' in a letter

->''“Well, it’s little I know—and less I’m wishful to know—of gods. But this I do know: I’ve seen naught at all, at all, to make me want to bow down and worship you. And, meaning no disrespect, I’d as soon have naught at all to do with you, if you take my meaning.”''

->''“Wizards don’t believe in gods in the same way that most people don’t find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They know they’re there, they know they’re there for a purpose, they’d probably agree that they have a place in a well-organized universe, but they wouldn’t see the point of believing, of going around saying, ‘O great table, without whom we are as naught.’ Anyway, either the gods are there whether you believe or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way you might as well ignore the whole business and, as it were, eat off your knees.”''

->''“You do remember logic, don’t you? It’s the part of your brain that weeps every time you kneel down and pray to a glorified petting zoo.”''
-->-- '''Girard''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”''
-->-- '''Epicurus'''

->''“You’re welcome on my boat. God ain’t.”''
-->-- '''Captain Malcolm Reynolds''' to Shepherd Derrial Book, ''Series/{{Firefly}}''

->''“If there is any kind of supreme being, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.”''

->''“I accept that you exist. I don’t have to accept what you are, but your physical existence, I give you that.”''
-->-- '''The Doctor''' to '''the Beast''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', “The Satan Pit”

->'''Cersei:''' “Praying to the Gods to have mercy on us all”. The Gods have no mercy; that’s why they are Gods. My father told me that when he caught me praying.\\
'''Sansa:''' Your father doesn’t believe in the Gods?\\
'''Cersei:''' He believes in them—he just doesn’t like them very much.
-->-- ''Series/GameOfThrones''

->'''Book:''' Captain, do you mind if I say grace?\\
'''Mal:''' Only if you say it out loud.
-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}''

->“You believe in that stuff?” said Vimes.\\
“Believe? No,” said the grag. “I just know it exists.”

->'''George:''' God would never let me be successful; he’d kill me first. He’d never let me be happy.\\
'''Therapist:''' I thought you didn’t believe in God?\\
'''George:''' I do for the bad things.
-->-- ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''

->'''Remi:''' I don't believe in sin.\\
'''Arthur:''' You don't believe in ''God?''\\
'''Remi:''' I don't ''need'' God, Arthur. There's a difference.
-->-- ''[[http://www.findchaos.com Find Chaos]]''

->''"I do not reject the gods. I reject their authority, their pettiness, and their arrogance."''
-->-- Flavor text of the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398414 "Enlightened Ascetic"]]

->''"From now, we are enemies... You and I. Because You choose for your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only to recognize the incarnation. Because You are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block you, I swear it. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens I will hinder and harm your creature as far as I am able. I will ruin your incarnation]]."''
-->-- '''Antonio Salieri''', ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}''

->''"Real or not, that doesn't mean I have to worship him. I don't fall to my knees out of pure boredom like some people."''
-->-- '''Padrig "Paddy" Dower''', ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''

->'''Statue of Ganesh:''' In the seven hundred years that I have been a temple statue, I have never heard someone utter the words "a god" in the same tone that one might describe, oh, ''foot fungus.''\\
'''Digger:''' Sorry. I didn't mean to be rude, it's just that we find a lot of old gods underground. [[{{Foreshadowing}} They're kind of a nuisance]].
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', [[http://diggercomic.com/blog/2007/02/07/digger-2/ Feb. 7, 2007]]

->''When [[Literature/HarryPotter Ron]] the Mighty is stood in front of the Gate of Heaven, he begins straightaway to denounce it! He cries, "Heaven is for those too scared of [[CessationOfExistence nothingness]]! I will go no further than my mortal flesh will carry! This mirror is [[HellOfAHeaven the sick bed of Heaven, Harry! The eternity of pansy lives!]]" Ronnie will have nothing to do with the mirror. He is only concerned with the flesh and the blood of the now.''

->''This destroys Harry. Ron leaves him to contemplate the design of the cosmos versus the terminal beauty of being a wizard.''

->''For forty-three days straight Harry sits in front of the Gate of Heaven, waiting for either God to appear, or for Ronnie to come back and apologize. But, to Harry's surprise, neither shows up. Only Near-Dead Dumbledore stumbles upon the vigil. Harry is considerably weakened, and is actually taken surprised by Dumbledore's presence.''

->''Dumbledore starts in. "Don't you want some cocoa or soup, Harry? [[DareToBeBadass Come away from the light of Heaven's easy life. We need such a valiant, beautiful warrior as yourself here to live and to hack the serpents of evil in two, hell, into twos, into threes and fours! Your life will be the very envy of Heaven and its slobbery inhabitants! No, Harry. You were meant to stride with us, the living! To course with us and our blood! You are meant to end when your share of that blood turns brown upon the rocks of glory!]] You and I shall drink to-night, Harry. We shall drink to life's confines, to life's pearly end, which is the nothingness of death, not [[WhoWantsToLiveForever the perpetual pansiness of Heaven]]!"''
-->-- '''Creator/BradNeely''', ''AudioPlay/WizardPeopleDearReader''

->''"I've never bought into the notion of Primal infallibility; I think that sometimes, God gets it wrong. He lets the best of us get sick and die while degenerates like you go on forever. But I think Primus is smiling on me today, [[TheFundamentalist Star Saber]]; [[PreAssKickingOneLiner he's letting me correct one of his mistakes.]]"''
-->-- '''Cyclonus''', ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''