When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.
Anaïs NinTag: inspirational politics religion dogma freedom-of-thought independent-thought critical-thinking
There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.
Bart D. EhrmanTag: fanaticism religion dogma fundamentalism critical-thinking
Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.
Jamie WhyteTag: cynicism logic critical-thinking
Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without reason, by a miracle, and from then on to swim in it as in the brightest and least ambiguous of elements: even a glance towards land, even the thought that one perhaps exists for something else as well as swimming, even the slightest impulse of our amphibious nature — is sin! And notice that all this means that the foundation of belief and all reflection on its origin is likewise excluded as sinful. What is wanted are blindness and intoxication and an eternal song over the waves in which reason has drowned.
Friedrich NietzscheTag: doubt thinking existence reason purpose meaning-of-life philosophy belief nature eternity atheism human-nature miracle sin reflection myth meaning metaphor thoughts blindness blind-faith purpose-of-life resurrection critical-thinking blind intoxication christian-faith christian-miracle critical-thought death-of-reason doubt-is-sin foundation-of-belief origin religious-faith resurrection-of-jesus sinful wasted-life
If one harbors anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, though in a sense known to be true, are inadmissable.
George OrwellTag: nationalism bias critical-thinking
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.
Adrienne RichTag: empowerment women feminism self-respect self-determination responsibility independent-thought critical-thinking
One of the major differences I see in the political climate today is that there is less collective support for coming to critical consciousness – in communities, in institutions, among friends.
bell hooksTag: consciousness critical-thinking
Whenever we hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement, and it becomes part of our belief system.
Miguel RuizTag: independent-thought critical-thinking spell
It is important for this country to make its people so obsessed with their own liberal individualism that they do not have time to think about a world larger than self.
bell hooksTag: liberalism individualism critical-thinking
Johnson is a radical skeptic, insisting, in the best Socratic tradition, that everything be put on the table for examination. By contrast, most skeptics opposed to him are selective skeptics, applying their skepticism to the things they dislike (notably religion) and refusing to apply their skepticism to the things they do like (notably Darwinism). On two occasions I’ve urged Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine, to put me on its editorial board as the resident skeptic of Darwinism. Though Shermer and I know each other and are quite friendly, he never got back to me about joining his editorial board.
William A. DembskiTag: religion evolution skepticism darwinism scepticism bias critical-thinking macro-evolution macroevolution
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