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…

— Peter Boghossian

“Use anxiety to follow your thoughts as a guide to see where it leads you.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Peter Boghossian

“Faith has fallen. What goes in its place? Wonder.”

— Peter Boghossian

“Faith taints or at worst removes our curiosity about the world, what we should value, and what type of life we should…

— Peter Boghossian

When one has a crisis of faith it means one is struck by the realisation than one has been pretending know things…

— Peter Boghossian

“N = R* • fp • ne • fl • fi • fc • L”

— Peter Boghossian

Faith: Pretending to know things you don't know.

— Peter Boghossian

“Pat Tillman (for abandoning an incredibly promising football career to give his life for his country).”

— Peter Boghossian

Faith is the problem. Faith is unreliable way to think about problems that will not lead to the truth.

— Peter Boghossian

“You will transform a broken world long ruled by unquestioned faith into a society built on reason, evidence, and thought-out positions”

— Peter Boghossian

“Harris, Dawkins, Dennett, and Hitchens”

— 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…

— Peter Boghossian

“Your religious beliefs typically depend on the community in which you were raised or live. The spiritual experiences of people in ancient…

— Peter Boghossian

“Certainty is an enemy of truth: examination and reexamination are allies of truth.”

— Peter Boghossian

“If one had sufficient evidence to warrant belief in a particular claim, then one wouldn't believe the claim on the basis of…

— Peter Boghossian

“It’s not a matter of belief. It’s a matter of knowledge. I have knowledge beyond a reasonable doubt that there is no…

— Peter Boghossian

“if you care about the future and you want something to get done—then do it. You cannot know the future, so take…

— Peter Boghossian

Faith is not a reliable path to the truth.

— Peter Boghossian

“They should be bundled like an atheist software package to reprogram minds into employing reason instead of faith, science instead of superstition.”

— Peter Boghossian

“Faith is an irrational leap over the probabilities.”

— Peter Boghossian

“The only way to avoid eternal punishment for sins we never committed from this all-loving God is to accept his son—who is…

— Peter Boghossian

“God sacrificed himself to himself to save us from himself. Barking mad!”

— Peter Boghossian