Idea Quotes

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The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea). — Michael Shermer
I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. — Albert Einstein
I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God. — Ernst Mayr
The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters… — Daniel Dennett
Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger… — Sigmund Freud
The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and… — John Shelby Spong
Even if we don't have a precise idea of exactly what took place at the beginning, we can at least see that the origin of… — Paul Davies
Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas.… — T. Boone Pickens
The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of things. Thomas Edison didn't contemplate… — Wayne Dyer
Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would… — Max Born
The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief in… — C.S. Lewis
e idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. However, I am also not a "Freethinker" in the usual… — Albert Einstein
I am aware that the assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. The idea of… — Charles Darwin
... The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and… — David Hume
... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open… — David Hume
The idea that God could only forgive our sins by having his son tortured to death as a scapegoat is surely, from an objective point… — Richard Dawkins
It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be "You came up with the idea. Why do you believe it?"… — Ricky Gervais
I am not responsible for what other people think. I am responsible only for what I myself think, and I know what that is. No… — Isaac Asimov
Everyone wants to be foremost in this future-and yet death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance. — Giorgio Armani

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