"Believers are right when they say that to……" — Julian Baggini
"Believers are right when they say that to understand a religion properly you need to get under its skin. But to understand it fully, you cannot stay there: you have to take a more objective view, too."
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Julian Baggini
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110 Quotes by Julian Baggini
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Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as…
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Morality is more than possible without God, it is entirely independent of him.
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I am only me for practical purposes.
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Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days…
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Even if we can agree that some things are natural and some are not, what follows from this? The answer…
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Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and…
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Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.
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Love is indeed, at root, the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.
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No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to…
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Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.
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I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up,…
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There are many things you shouldn't measure. Don't, for example, try to measure how much you love your wife!
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
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Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.
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The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and…
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I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.
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I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood…
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Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe…
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I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the…
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