Creator Quotes - page 11
Let's just grant the possibility that there is a Creator God, who's omniscient, who occasionally authors books. And he's gonna give us a book – the most useful book. He's a loving God, he's a compassionate God, and he's gonna give us a guide to life. He's got a scribe, the scribe's gonna write it down. What's gonna be in that book? I mean just think of how good a book would be if it were authored by an omniscient deity. I mean, there is not a single line in the Bible or the Koran that could not have been authored by a first century person. There is not one reference to anything – there are pages and pages about how to sacrifice animals, and keep slaves, and who to kill and why. There's nothing about electricity, there's nothing about DNA, there's nothing about infectious disease, the principles of infectious disease. There's nothing particularly useful, and there's a lot of iron age barbarism in there, and superstition. This is not a candidate book.
Sam Harris
Because we cannot by ourselves give sufficient thanks to God, our creator, for the grace, honour, health and success that He has granted us thus far, nor amass sufficient merit to secure the continuation of His grace in the future... to beseech God to continue to raise us in virtue and good customs, to govern our dominions and subjects in peace, union and concord, and to guide our affairs to His honour, our wellbeing, and the prosperity, utility and tranquility of our said dominions and subjects.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor