The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
Criss JamiTags: hate conscience hatred arrogance pride ego irrationality narcissism insecurity haters
The problem is that most people, most of the time, are desperate to believe ridiculous and divisive ideas for patently emotional reasons,and while rarely explicit what they're really worried about is death
Sam HarrisTags: death religion irrationality
No evidence is powerful enough to force acceptance of a conclusion that is emotionally distasteful.
Theodosius DobzhanskyTags: stupidity illogical irrationality wishful-thinking unscientific
Then, one sunny September morning, the illusion of a personal God that I tried so hard to believe in, exploded over the skies of Manhattan. Even as the ashes and ruin of this horrific act of blind faith settled over New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, I watched people across the country scrambling to that same irrational altar for their answers. In the fierce storm of emotion that rolled across this country, one realization rose to the surface of my mind with blinding clarity: certainly this mechanism of unassailable blind faith is one of the greatest risks mankind faces today.
Nathan PhelpsTags: harm america new-york washington terrorism blind-faith irrationality manhattan pennsylvania september-11 fred-phelps leaving-faith leaving-religion leaving-westboro-baptist-church religious-harm september-11-terrorist-attacks westboro-baptist-church
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