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We are wired to form beliefs. And we form beliefs based on our cultural influences, our environment: things we are taught by our peers, our elders, our society, our religion.
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“Theology has not advanced an inch in the last 1,000 years. How much respect does a profession deserve if it cannot add to the knowledge and understanding of man?”
― Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
― Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
“The Enlightenment dared us to think, but there will always be a religion and a God for those who wouldn’t dare.”
― The Folly of God: A Theology of the Unconditional
― The Folly of God: A Theology of the Unconditional
“Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither.”
― Thomas Paine From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
― Thomas Paine From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.”
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