still my all time favorite wallpaper.

TSC · 2 months

And it's still an inaccurate quotation, I'm afraid.

bmackenzie15 · 2 months

Yea, TSC is correct. Russian transcript of the comms during the flight.

Jabberwocky13 · 2 months

From what I heard, one of the leaders (Kruschev I believe) said something along the lines of "Yuri Gagarin was in space, and he saw no god up there "

ajaytech · 2 months

Yuri gagarin never said these words. Some person at an atheist convention or meeting ( a russian official, I think kruschev) said " Yuri gagarin went to space, and he didn't see god up there".

Flynn58 · 2 months

As all five of these other commenters said, this is a false quote. Downvote this to oblivion. As atheists of all people, we should require evidence for claims like this.

ZombieGadaffi · 2 months

Still my all time most hated misattributed quote. Yuri Gagarin was very religious. Respect him and his beliefs for he probably would not like to be remembered as an atheist.

This is as bad as some historian writing of Christopher Hitchens and deeming him as a, "Pious Catholic priest".

09112001 · 2 months

still

So you are acknowledging that this is a tired repost, yet you still posted it.

ReverseLabotomy · 2 months

(sees that it's THIS "quote")

It won't be for long.

Weezyfb · 2 months

So what did he really say?

codythomashunsberger · 2 months

It was mine for a while.

bigblueoni · 2 months

This was the first thing that got me thinking about my (former) faith. I might not have considered Atheism otherwise.

krfc76 · 2 months

No fucking kidding. Jesus.

RelaxingThought · 2 months

"For the Sky is Hollow, and the Earth is Round."

Talonz · 2 months

Would love to see this wallpaper with perhaps a different (more accurate quote) appended to it. Besides the inaccuracy, it's beautiful. Reminds me of the r/atheism banner's background.

iamactuallyaspud · 2 months

my new wallpaper

oboedude · 2 months

Checkmate Christians ಠ_ಠ

LittleTiny · 2 months

Gagarin was a member of the Russian Orthodox Church. :/

therocketlady · 2 months

Not sure how much of this is true, but here is the story I heard: While touring the world after his flight, Yuri Gagarin visited with Kruschev (atheist leader of atheist nation, etc.), and when they were alone, Kruschev asked Gagarin, "Did you see god up there?", and Gagarin said, "Yes, I did." Kruschev answered, "I always knew it." Then Gagarin was visiting with a religious leader (Orthodox Patriarch?), who asked him (when they were alone), "Did you see god up there?", and Yuri Gagarin said, "No, I didn't." The patriarch said, "I always knew it."

_Dodecahedron_ · 2 months

Looks awesome on my linux mint. Thanks.

nvsbl · 2 months

HOLY MOTHERFUCKING GODDAMN NUTSACK CUNTFLAP SHIT. STOP THIS. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW FALSE THIS IS BY NOW? YURI GAGARIN NEVER SAID THIS. YOU'RE SHITTING ON HIS MEMORY BY PUTTING WORDS IN HIS MOUTH. STOP NOW. ALL OF YOU.

mechanate · 2 months

Christians came up with this one, following it up with "Glenn Armstrong went into space, and saw god everywhere." Yuri was just a godless atheist who didn't want to see god, so he didn't. Glenn Armstrong was a patriotic American Christian whose opinion is obviously much more valid. Truth is, god was just out getting smokes when Yuri was up there, but he and Glenn had some beers. And he plays poker with the ISS guys every Thursday night. They'll be the first to tell you, you can't beat god at poker, even on a good night.

ADTRgirl · 2 months

This is the wallpaper on my boyfriend's computer! :)

Majeeder · 2 months

But only 4% of the universe is actually observable..

ThatIsMyHat · 2 months

How can someone view the earth from space and not see the evidence of God's work?


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