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Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world.
Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world.
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true.
Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true.
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may read more
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly read more
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them by refusing to acknowledge the facts.
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its read more
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, read more
There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromthe
person you want to hear them from, but don't be deaf to the personwho
says it with his heart.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
