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title: "4 Pretending Quotes By Peter Boghossian"
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> [Christians claim that life has no meaning if you stop pretending to know things you don't know, though they phrase it more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/christians-claim-that-life-has-no-meaning-if-you-stop-pretending-to/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

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> [When one has a crisis of faith it means one is struck by the realisation than one has been pretending know things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/when-one-has-a-crisis-of-faith-it-means-one-is-struck-by-the/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

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> [Faith: Pretending to know things you don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/faith-pretending-to-know-things-you-don-t-know/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

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> [“An educated theologian: someone who's better at rationalizing what they're pretending to know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/an-educated-theologian-someone-who-s-better-at-rationalizing-what/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

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## Other authors on Pretending

## More by Peter Boghossian

> [“Socrates said that a man doesn’t want what he doesn’t think he lacks. That is, if you believe you have the truth then why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/socrates-said-that-a-man-doesn-t-want-what-he-doesn-t-think-he-lacks/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Use anxiety to follow your thoughts as a guide to see where it leads you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/use-anxiety-to-follow-your-thoughts-as-a-guide-to-see-where-it-leads/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the rule of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/liberalism-is-a-creation-of-the-seventeenth-century-fathered-by/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [Christians claim that life has no meaning if you stop pretending to know things you don't know, though they phrase it more tersely as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/christians-claim-that-life-has-no-meaning-if-you-stop-pretending-to/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“The sins of the fathers are to be born by their children’s children’s children? What sort of justice is that? This goes against half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/the-sins-of-the-fathers-are-to-be-born-by-their-children-s-children-s/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Faith has fallen. What goes in its place? Wonder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/faith-has-fallen-what-goes-in-its-place-wonder/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Faith taints or at worst removes our curiosity about the world, what we should value, and what type of life we should lead. Faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/faith-taints-or-at-worst-removes-our-curiosity-about-the-world-what/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [When one has a crisis of faith it means one is struck by the realisation than one has been pretending know things that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/when-one-has-a-crisis-of-faith-it-means-one-is-struck-by-the/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [Faith: Pretending to know things you don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/faith-pretending-to-know-things-you-don-t-know/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Pat Tillman (for abandoning an incredibly promising football career to give his life for his country).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/pat-tillman-for-abandoning-an-incredibly-promising-football-career-to/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [Faith is the problem. Faith is unreliable way to think about problems that will not lead to the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/faith-is-the-problem-faith-is-unreliable-way-to-think-about-problems/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“You will transform a broken world long ruled by unquestioned faith into a society built on reason, evidence, and thought-out positions”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/you-will-transform-a-broken-world-long-ruled-by-unquestioned-faith/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Harris, Dawkins, Dennett, and Hitchens”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/harris-dawkins-dennett-and-hitchens/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“You cannot know the future, so take action. Don't wait for things to happen. Don't pray. Don't have faith. Don't rely upon imagined entities.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/you-cannot-know-the-future-so-take-action-don-t-wait-for-things-to/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

> [“Your religious beliefs typically depend on the community in which you were raised or live. The spiritual experiences of people in ancient Greece, medieval…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/your-religious-beliefs-typically-depend-on-the-community-in-which-you/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

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