Being true Quote by E. Haldeman-Julius Download Open image “To be true to the mythical conception of a God is to be false to the interests of mankind.” — E. Haldeman-Julius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being true Conception Interest Mankind
“Mythology and religion are relevant and remarkable, as they each represent imaginative truths – projections of human beings innermost desires – intermixed with fragments… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
God is one among several hypotheses to account for the phenomena of human destiny, and it is now proving to be an inadequate hypothesis. To a great many people, including myself, this realization is a great relief, both intellectually and morally. It frees us to explore the real phenomena for which the God hypothesis seeks to account, to define them… — Julian Huxley Copy Share
“It is natural for the mind to believe, and for the will to love; [47] so that, for want of true objects, they must… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. — Morris West Copy Share Image
“Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence. That goal must be attained by means of exact science and can only be achieved by such means. The fact that man, for ages, has superstitiously believed in what he calls a God does not prove at all… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share
The truth that humanity was made in the likeness of God is the starting point for a biblical understanding of the nature of man.… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
Every religion, every mythology is true in this sense: It is true as metaphorical of the human and cosmic mystery. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods. — William James Copy Share Image
The truth of religion comes from its symbolic rendering of man's moral experience; it proceeds intuitively and imaginatively. Its falsehood comes from its attempt… — Eugene Genovese Copy Share Image
“Even when he turns from religion, man remains subject to it; depleting himself to create false gods, he then feverishly adopts them; his need… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
Being true to our beliefs—even when doing so isn’t popular, easy, or fun—keeps us safely on the path that leads to eternal life with… — Ann M. Dibb Copy Share Image
False gods must be repudiated, but that is not all: The reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks. — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
“We advocate the atheistic philosophy because it is the only clear, consistent position which seems possible to us. As atheists, we simply deny the… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Why should the residence of a preacher be untaxed? Useful citizens must pay taxes on their homes. Yet the Preacher - actually and notoriously… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
It is natural that people should differ most, and most violently, about the unknowable . . . There is all the room in the… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Theism tells men that they are the slaves of a God. Atheism assures men that they are the investigators and users of nature. — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the first cities… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
As he was pummeled into one tight spot after another, emerging each time breathless and in amazed chagrin, Bryan flushed, with spots of anger… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
To proclaim himself an agnostic, while to some it might appear more respectable and cautious, would be to say in effect that he hadn't… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools. — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Don't take our word for it. Read the Bible itself. Read the statements of preachers. And you will understand that God is the most… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
"Would you tax God?" asks a defender of church tax exemption. Well, if there were a God he should be able to pay his… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad,… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Intuitionists think that there are cases in which, say, some identity statement between real numbers is neither true nor false, even though we know… — Richard F. Heck Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
I learned a tremendous amount about what was important to me as a head coach in that I was not in charge. I didn't… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
I have spent most of my life unlearning things that were proved not to be true — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image