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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.
Don't be an agnostic--be something.
Don't be an agnostic--be something.
We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all read more
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when read more
There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up 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.