Reality is a harsh mistress. She demands our honesty. She demands our work. She demands that we give up comforts, that we let ourselves feel pain, that we accept how small we are and how little control we have over… — Greta Christina Copy Share
“When I’m struggling with the fear of my own death, or with grief over the death of someone I love, what comforts me most… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
Reality is a harsh mistress. She demands our honesty. She demands our work. She demands that we give up comforts, that we let ourselves feel pain, that we accept how small we are and how little control we have over our lives. And she demands that we make her our top priority. But she is more beautiful, and more powerful,… — Greta Christina Copy Share
Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die. It therefore has no reality check. And it is therefore uniquely armored against criticism, questioning, and self-correction. It is uniquely armored against anything that might stop it from spinning into extreme absurdity, extreme denial of reality… and extreme,… — Greta Christina Copy Share
“the best way to deal with difficult and painful emotions is to stop trying to fix them and just let myself feel them. When… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
“Let’s say that Person 1 thinks their hair dryer is telling them to shoot every redhead who gets on the 9:04 train. And let’s say Person 2 thinks their hair dryer is telling them to volunteer twice a week at a homeless shelter. Is it better to volunteer at a homeless shelter than it is to shoot every redhead who… — Greta Christina Copy Share
“Our beliefs affect our behavior towards others. And that makes our beliefs, not just a personal question, but an ethical one.” — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
Religion is a belief in supernatural entities or forces that have an effect on the natural world - A belief in forces that are… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
Belonging to the Catholic Church gives your support to an organization that conceals and protects child rapists. Again, not as a few isolated incidents,… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
“Death sucks, and premature death sucks worse. But it’s part of the package deal of getting to be alive. It happens because you, and… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
“Religion, by its very nature as an untestable belief in undetectable beings and an unknowable afterlife, disables our reality checks. It ends the conversation.… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
If you don't think you're close-minded for not believing in Zeus, then please don't accuse atheists of being close-minded for not believing in your… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
We need to care about reality more than we care about what we want to be true about it. — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
