"The problem is that people think faith is……" — Victor J. Stenger
"The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence."
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Victor J. Stenger
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28 Quotes by Victor J. Stenger
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Reality is what kicks back when you kick it. This is just what physicists do with their particle accelerators. We…
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People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.
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Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with... Only by the constant action of an agent…
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In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within…
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Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.
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Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are…
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Those who use the Bible as a reference for moral behavior are simply cherry-picking those teachings, such as the Golden…
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The so-called mysteries of quantum mechanics are in its philosophical interpretation, not in its mathematics.
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Saying the universe is eternal simply is saying that it has no beginning or end, not that it had a…
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I do not think science has to make any apologies. It looks at the world and tells it like it…
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Thought, without the data on which to structure that thought, leads nowhere.
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When people start using science to argue for their specific beliefs and delusions, to try to claim that they're supported…
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