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> [What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well as of pop psychology, intensity of personal belief is evidence of truth. It is considered very bad form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/what-makes-fantastic-declarations-believable-is-in-part-the-vehemence/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

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## More by Wendy Kaminer

> [Jargon seems to be the place where the right brain and the left brain meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/jargon-seems-to-be-the-place-where-the-right-brain-and-the-left-brain/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/as-camille-paglia-s-success-has-demonstrated-what-is-most-marketable/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I don't spend much time thinking about whether God exists. I don't consider that a relevant question. It's unanswerable and irrelevant to my life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-spend-much-time-thinking-about-whether-god-exists-i-don-t/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [It is the inevitable effect of religion on public policy that makes it a matter of public concern. Advocates of religiosity extol the virtues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/it-is-the-inevitable-effect-of-religion-on-public-policy-that-makes/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-only-two-states-of-being-in-the-world-of-codependency/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/we-don-t-cut-off-the-hands-of-thieves-or-castrate-rapists-why-must-we/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I don't see a direct conflict between the rights of individuals and the rights of communities, because I don't perceive of communities as having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-see-a-direct-conflict-between-the-rights-of-individuals-and/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There are, however, exceptions to this reliance on feelings as evidence of truth: if, for instance, your feelings lead to disbelief instead of belief,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-are-however-exceptions-to-this-reliance-on-feelings-as-evidence/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I don't think of myself as having a particular role. I'm lucky enough to be able to make my living essentially by expressing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-having-a-particular-role-i-m-lucky-enough/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that grazing leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-s-a-way-in-which-all-of-these-grazers-at-the-spirituality/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [There is this fashionable progressive notion that everything is so completely political that the idea we could have some sort of neutral legal process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/there-is-this-fashionable-progressive-notion-that-everything-is-so/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/the-press-and-the-public-like-certainty-and-affirmation-of-popular/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/faith-is-not-a-function-of-stupidity-but-a-frequent-cause-of-it/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [I do what I do because I have a compulsion to hold forth. I don't spend a lot of time, if any, thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/i-do-what-i-do-because-i-have-a-compulsion-to-hold-forth-i-don-t/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

> [Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-kaminer/only-people-who-die-very-young-learn-all-they-really-need-to-know-in/)

[Wendy Kaminer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-kaminer/)

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