There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing.… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“The Right thinks that the breakdown of the family is the source of crime and poverty, and this they very insightfully blame… — John D. Caputo Copy Share Image
The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
“Human is a pious promise, not host to parasitic paranoia. Earth is my homerock, sky is my robe - End of tribe… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying 'the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it.… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Hysterical fundamentalism is not the way into the future; it is the last gasp of the past. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“You know,” said Jehangir, breaking the silence, “it's only Muslims who use the term 'innovation' to mean something bad.” — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a… — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Since the 1970s, we have witnessed the forces of market fundamentalism strip education of its public values, critical content, and civic responsibilities… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Authoritarianism has no place in religion. If you want to have true religion in your heart, then burn the scriptures and go… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“A civilization is built upon the edifice of genuine human minds, not the primitive and deluded minds of barbarian apes, who in… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Looking at Great-Great Grandpa Baldwin's photograph, I think to myself: You've finally done it. It took four generations, but you've finally goddamned… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
“Larsson was an active and lifelong feminist, partly for personal reasons but also because he saw that ending gender slavery was as… — Elizabeth Farrelly Copy Share Image
There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
A dictatorship of relativism is being built that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one's ego… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Faith can be unholy, science can be inhuman, none depends on the tool, all depends on the person.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“How dare a scripture tell someone that the person is born sinful and requires a messiah to save him or her! Human… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I am a humble adherent of...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism. — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Fundamentalism is a kind of decision not to change your mind about something...Many of us are fundamentalists...because it worked pretty well for… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet, We live our lives based on dead men's tale. It is okay to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
