Absurdity Quote by Junius

“When once a man is determined to believe, the very absurdity of the doctrine does but confirm him in his faith.”

— Junius

The certainty with which a religious belief is held is usually in direct proportion to its absurdity

— Donald Morgan

Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown.

— William Batchelder Greene

“Could I believe in the doctrine without believing in the deity?”

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

Faith prefers the absurd to the plausible.

— Mason Cooley

A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious…

— Eric Hoffer

Religious doctrines … are all illusions, they do not admit of proof, and no one can be compelled to consider them as true or…

— Sigmund Freud

When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions.

— Warren W. Wiersbe

“We know that people can maintain an unshakeable faith in any proposition, however absurd, when they are sustained by a community of like-minded believers.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“that people can maintain an unshakable faith in any proposition, however absurd, when they are sustained by a community of like-minded believers.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“a skeptic's mantra is "extraordinary beliefs require extraordinary evidence.”

— Anonymous

The religious try to enforce belief in the unbelievable

— David Crabb