korrents

On the map

Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.

← We do not need God in order to be good, or evil

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 19 Sept 1893 to 30 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: We do not need God in order to be good, or evil We do not need God in order to be good, orevil RD Richard Dawkins — holds since c. 2006 — tap for who they are Same subject: Faith is an evil because it requires no justification and brooks no argument — tap to centre the map on it Faith is an evil because it requiresno justification and brooks noargument RD Richard Dawkins — holds since c. 2006 — tap for who they are Same subject: Those who do not need images in worship have no right to call them wrong — tap to centre the map on it Those who do not need images inworship have no right to call themwrong Last stated 133 years ago 19 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: If God is like the moral law, then God is not soft — tap to centre the map on it If God is like the moral law, thenGod is not soft CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1941–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion or ideology does not need to be true in order to take over the world — tap to centre the map on it A religion or ideology does not needto be true in order to take over theworld Last stated 12 years ago 8 Feb 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-02-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The idea of God is only of use if it makes us larger, freer and more loving; otherwise discard it — tap to centre the map on it The idea of God is only of use if itmakes us larger, freer and moreloving; otherwise discard it JB James Baldwin — holds since c. 1962–1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evil has no positive nature; it is the name given to the loss of good — tap to centre the map on it Evil has no positive nature; it isthe name given to the loss of good AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evil — tap to centre the map on it Railways and hospitals are not atest of high civilization and are atbest a necessary evil Last stated 106 years ago 26 Jan 1921 MG Mahatma Gandhi — holds since 1921-01-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: If God exists humans are slaves, and since they must be free, God does not exist — tap to centre the map on it If God exists humans are slaves, andsince they must be free, God doesnot exist MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wordinga cloud: claims about one subject, named for itbar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 1893 to today (stretched back to the oldest claim here) — full is todaya face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are

At the centre We do not need God in order to be good, or evil Last stated c. 2006 Holds Richard Dawkins Read this korrent →