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As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as read more
As a first approximation, I define "belief" not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.
If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.
If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.
If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa, deserves to go read more
The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa, deserves to go to hell.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.
Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
