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Michael A. Sherlock

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Author. Former Executive Director of Atheist Alliance International. Advisory Board, @AtheistsLiberty . MA. Religion. Pro- #HumanRights . Anti- #Woke .

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Michael A. Sherlock
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This is one of the funniest scenes from @RickyGervais ' #Afterlife .
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Now that neither the government nor the courts in Australia will protect my teenage daughter in female-only spaces from autogynephiles and other males with paraphilias, the job has been left to me as her father. If a male attempts to access a female-only space whilst my
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7 years
The intolerable & intrusive sound of #Islamic imperialism in Brooklyn, New York. I thought the USA was a #Secular nation...
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 months
This obviously #ExMuslim comedian reminded me of @YasMohammedxx for some reason. 🤣
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
Offending the easily offended isn't merely funny, it's an extremely necessary community service. This is just one of the reasons I wholeheartedly follow and support comedians like @rickygervais .
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
Why is Islam, one of the most misogynistic, human-rights-abusing and hateful ideologies on the planet protected by such an insane level of privilege that its atrocities, both past and present, cannot be honestly criticised without accusations of bigotry falling upon the critic?
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 years
I'm with @RickyGervais on this. Well said.
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Michael A. Sherlock
8 years
This might be my favourite reply of all time. Courtesy of @RichardDawkins
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Michael A. Sherlock
5 years
"Not every ejaculation deserves a name." ~George Carlin #AbortionIsAWomansRight
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 years
This 👇
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 years
Indian health minister claims cancer is caused by sins from a past life India needs a health minister who understands science and reality.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@RitaPanahi "If you don't want to get stabbed, don't criticize an ideology that promotes stabbing and murdering." ~BBC
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
I refuse to remain silent as religion rips through humanity like a virulent plague...
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
Natural Selection - @rickygervais
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@angijones Not good enough. No. This is fucking wrong on so many levels.
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
We make more excuses for #Islam than an abused spouse makes for her abuser. "It's not his fault!" "He's actually very peaceful!" "I provoked him!" It's time to stop being bigoted and start applying universal expectations of behaviour to Islam.
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
Riots broke out in the streets of England when Muslim cartoonists drew an inflammatory picture of @RichardDawkins . http://t.co/6KFI00v1U3
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
Atheist - Definition http://t.co/QRvdHLCnWe
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@salltweets Who would of thought that our first female prime minister would be ultimately responsible for the partial destruction of women’s rights in Australia?
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 months
Ricky Gervais on #Woke CRT Wait for the punchline. 🤣
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Michael A. Sherlock
8 years
To my fellow liberal feminists, Please ensure your arguments are not simply nonsense...
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Michael A. Sherlock
5 years
Dear child, I love you unconditionally. Sincerely, ~God P.S. If you don't love me back, I'll set you on fire forever. Love you!
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 years
I'm an #atheist because there's insufficient evidence for gods. I'm an anti-theist because there's ample evidence that religion is frequently harmful.
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
What do I have to say about Ayaan Hirsi Ali? http://t.co/Ktv3VR86fr
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Michael A. Sherlock
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I refuse to outsource my mind to moronic misanthropes from the ancient world. http://t.co/yZhZlVZwWk
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Michael A. Sherlock
10 years
Science is not inherently anti-religion, reality is; science is merely the means by which reality is brought to light.
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Michael A. Sherlock
8 years
Theist: I don't have enough faith to be an atheist. Me: I don't have enough peanut butter to make a ham sandwich. #Atheism
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
What a brilliant point. #Atheism http://t.co/FHE2PagIA1
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Michael A. Sherlock
8 years
My 3-year-old is a Democrat. Ridiculous, right? So is calling your child a Muslim/Christian/Hindu... Stop brainwashing your children.
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 years
"Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right." ~ @RickyGervais Religious person: How dare you say that about my religion! Sane person: Well argued!
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
Dear @Oprah , You say that atheists are incapable of experiencing awe and wonder. But I say, if you need to superimpose supernaturalism onto nature, it is you and those like you, my dear Oprah, who are incapable of experiencing the awe and wonder of the natural world. #Atheist
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@LouiseElliotM But why should the societal and legal protection of our girls fall to individual citizens and not the government we all pay to do this job at a level that prevents dads like your husband and I having to act as unpaid police officers to protect our girls? I get this is our job
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Homosexuality is not unnatural. Would you like to know what is unnatural? Ritualized celibacy, gods, demons, devils, paedophile prophets on flying horses, talking animals, dirt-men, rib-women, Jewish zombies, monkey gods, blue gods and gods with way too many arms! #PrideMonth
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Michael A. Sherlock
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#StephenHawking was an unrepentant and unapologetic #atheist . Be like Stephen. #BeAtheist
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Michael A. Sherlock
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ANYTHING TWEETED IN ALL CAPS IS 100% TRUE!
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Michael A. Sherlock
10 years
Sorry, my little Sudanese girl, you're going to have to starve to death, because god's too busy answering the prayers of Grammy nominees.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Things that actually have nothing to do with Islam. #NothingToDoWithIslam http://t.co/pI4idzdql3
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Michael A. Sherlock
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The brilliant Jerry Coyne. #Science Via @PAtheism
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
Freedom
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Michael A. Sherlock
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The Prophet Muhammad fucked a 9-year-old girl and you're worried that pointing out this paedophilia might hurt people's feelings. Really?! In what other circumstance would you protect the feelings of people who worship a paedophile? I'll wait...
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
What is #religion ?
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
I think the primary reason the religious hate the online #atheist movement so much is that for the first time in history religion is being rightly ridiculed and actually held accountable for all of its crimes. Religion's free ride has come to an end. #Atheism
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Michael A. Sherlock
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God's love is unconditional.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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A Christian infant is really just an atheist infant with Christian parents. A Muslim infant is really just an atheist infant with Muslim parents. Teach your children to question everything, even you. Teach them to be dissatisfied with baseless claims. #AtheistDay
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Michael A. Sherlock
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I am proud to boast that the man who debunked this "miracle" is my friend, @SanalEdamaruku . He was charged with #Blasphemy . @PAtheism
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
Too many people are too quick to kill & die for their beliefs and too slow to examine them. #Think #atheism
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Michael A. Sherlock
8 years
All this effort to get my children the perfect presents & Santa gets the credit. Now I know how surgeons feel when they save Christians.
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Michael A. Sherlock
7 years
Suffer your enslavement #Saudi women! Western #feminism is far too busy with important issues, like pronouns & female crosswalk signs.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@wokal_distance Always examine the utility of a norm before tearing it down. Nice.
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Michael A. Sherlock
10 years
I would read the bible to my children, it's just that I don't want to expose them to murder, rape, incest and genocide at such a young age.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Him: You're an #atheist ! If you hate religion so much, why do you spend so much time researching & writing about it? Me: That's like saying to a cancer researcher, "If you hate cancer so much, why do you spend so much time researching & writing about it?" Religion is cancer.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Religions aren't races, so criticizing them isn't racism, it's rationalism.
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Michael A. Sherlock
10 years
Keep your religions away from our children, out of our governments and our courts, and we might stop ridiculing them.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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If you call yourself a #Feminist and this photo doesn't make your blood boil, stop calling yourself a #Feminist .
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@jk_rowling Wait. You mean women who have been raped by men don't want men proding and probing them? How will this make men feel? Because that's the important question.
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Michael A. Sherlock
10 years
I am not anti-Muslim, anti-Christian, anti-Jew, or anti-Hindu. I'm anti-theism of any kind, & my anti-theism is purely intellectual.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Homosexuality is unnatural! But angels, demons, fairies, gods, talking animals & pedophiles on flying horses, that's all perfectly natural!
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Michael A. Sherlock
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American Humanist Association vs Richard Dawkins
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Awkward
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Support ex-Muslims & #atheists living in the Muslim world during this year's Ramadan. #لن_اصوم "I will not fast"
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Michael A. Sherlock
5 years
Religion doesn't belong in governments or schools. Religion belongs in the past, and nowhere else.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Me: Religion oppresses the masses. Him: Right on! No theocracy! Me: Look at Islamic theocracies, for example.. Him: Woah!!! Islamophobia!
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Do you ever get the feeling that they're not really listening? http://t.co/ORYHePhKeY
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Michael A. Sherlock
10 years
Religions are supernatural insurance scams.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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#SaudiArabia is hell on earth for women. Where are all the outraged #feminists ?
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Michael A. Sherlock
9 years
Here is @twitter 's brand new speech-inhibiting policy. #FreeSpeech
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Michael A. Sherlock
5 years
I sincerely apologise for expressing unpopular points of view. I'm also deeply sorry that I don't hold dear the things many others do. In future I will refrain from expressing unpopular & controversial thoughts & ideas. On second thoughts, no. Fuck you. Sincerely, Freethinker
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Your religion...It's just so convincing! http://t.co/5jMFFUgt8c
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Dear #Muslims , The Prophet Muhammad fucked a child and had his critics murdered. Find a better role model. Sincerely, #Atheist
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Michael A. Sherlock
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George Carlin nails abortion harder than the Romans may or may not have nailed #Jesus . #AlabamaAbortionBan
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Michael A. Sherlock
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What's the difference between education & indoctrination? Education teaches people how to think. Indoctrination tells people what to think.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Christopher Hitchens added far more value to humanity than Jesus or Muhammad. #Atheist
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Michael A. Sherlock
6 years
I have received death threats for criticising a religion that alleges that it's a religion of peace. Tell me, where is the divinely inspired peace in threats to murder someone over your personal beliefs?
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Quran: Kill people that don't believe what you believe. Me: No, don't do that. Regressive Left: Stop being a bigoted Islamophobe!
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Michael A. Sherlock
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@RitaPanahi I hope she prepares for the debate by unburdening herself from what has been, so that she can really enjoy what can be. Oh, she should open with that! Just had a great idea for a drinking game.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Today I'd like to honour one of the greatest advocates for women's rights across the globe. The brave @Ayaan . #internationalwomensday
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Michael A. Sherlock
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This image was censored by Facebook #ExMuslimBecause
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Michael A. Sherlock
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The Pope recently said that gay people may need a psychiatrist, yet here he is asking a woman who has been dead for over 2000 years to comfort victims and step in and stop his clergy from raping children.
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Pope Francis
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I ask our Blessed Mother to intercede for the healing of the survivors of abuse and to confirm every member of our Christian family in the resolve never again to permit these situations to occur.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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We make more excuses for Islam than an abused spouse makes for her abuser. "It's my fault." "He's actually peaceful!" #ManchesterBombing
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Michael A. Sherlock
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"Humanity is a plague. We are a disgusting, narcissistic, selfish parasite, and the world would be a better place without us." ~Tony #AfterLife
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Michael A. Sherlock
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"Offence [is] the collateral damage of #FreeSpeech " - @RickyGervais
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Michael A. Sherlock
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New Rule: If you're a grown man with an imaginary friend, you don't get to dictate what grown women do with their bodies. #ProChoice #Atheism
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Michael A. Sherlock
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What is religion? #Religion is idiocy in the guise of intelligence, hubris masquerading as humility - it is belief dressed as knowledge, hate disguised as love and fiction parading as fact.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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I just received a message from the deputy lord mayor of Hobart advising me that she is coming after me legally for this post. Come at me.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Do women deserve their own private, single-sexed spaces? The deputy lord mayor of Hobart doesn't believe they do. What do you think?
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Explain Hell.
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Pope Francis
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God never goes back on His love!
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Despite my fierce criticisms of Christianity & religion in general, I've never been called a Christophobe or a religionophobe. Why is this?
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Michael A. Sherlock
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I don't respect my culture, so what makes you think I'm going to respect yours? Culture can be overrated.
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Michael A. Sherlock
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I will never apologise for attacking #religion . It is an anti-intellectual plague upon our species, and anti-intellectual plagues must be met with severe and devastating intellectual force. #Atheist
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Michael A. Sherlock
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Blasphemy Laws - Because who needs freedom and human rights when the integrity of imaginary friends is at stake?
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