What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.
Thomas Henry HuxleyTag: science belief religion faith skepticism
...Whilst on board the Beagle I was quite orthodox, and I remember being heartily laughed at by several of the officers... for quoting the Bible as an unanswerable authority on some point of morality... But I had gradually come by this time, i.e., 1836 to 1839, to see that the Old Testament from its manifestly false history of the world, with the Tower of Babel, the rainbow at sign,
Charles DarwinTag: doubt belief atheism miracles metaphors hell skepticism interpretation evidence divine-revelation
Are you really surprised by the endurance of religion? What ideology is likely to be more durable than one that conforms, at every turn, to our powers of wishful thinking? Hope is easy; knowledge is hard. Science is the one domain in which we human beings make a truly heroic effort to counter our innate biases and wishful thinking. Science is the one endeavor in which we have developed a refined methodology for separating what a person hopes is true from what he has good reason to believe. The methodology isn't perfect, and the history of science is riddled with abject failures of scientific objectivity. But that is just the point-these have been failures of science, discovered and corrected by-what, religion? No, by good science.
Sam HarrisTag: science knowledge belief skepticism credulity
No one, in the world's whole history, ever attempted to substantiate a truth by a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of miracle. Nothing but falsehood ever attested itself by signs and wonders. No miracle ever was performed, and no sane man ever thought he had performed one, and until one is performed, there can be no evidence of the existence of any power superior to, and independent of nature.
Robert G. IngersollTag: science belief religion miracles skepticism
A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive - Hajime Saito
Nobuhiro WatsukiListen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.
Andrew SolomonTag: life strength future love reason food belief courage bravery living exercise eating memories depression medication loved-ones
If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.
Khaled HosseiniIf Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
Timothy J. KellerTag: belief skepticism resurrection
Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tag: writing belief spiritual vonnegut
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
Joseph CampbellTag: life belief faith action follow-your-bliss
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