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I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal read more
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of God is still ahead of us; perhaps we shall have to colonize the stars before it is finally borne in upon us that God is not out there.
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.
I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.
I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own read more
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
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.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
