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My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on…
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has…
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As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending…
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It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share…
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Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims…
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Everything we do is for the purpose of altering consciousness. We form friendships so that we can feel certain emotions, like love,…
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I consistently encounter people in academic settings and scientists and journalists who feel that you can't say that anyone is wrong in…
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Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic,…
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You…
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding…
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.
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Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that…
— Charles Spurgeon
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You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.
— Michael Bolton
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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth…
— Akhenaton
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Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does…
— Alan Keyes
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That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled…
— Edward Coke
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I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable…
— Alan Greenspan
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.
— William Shakespeare
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She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm…
— Ted Olson
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A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith,…
— Thomas Aquinas
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The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.
— Fred Green
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I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.
— David Price
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It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us,…
— Randa Abdel-Fattah
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