Allen Roberts’s Reviews > The Faith of a Heretic > Status Update

“The most obvious failure of organized religions is surely that almost all of them have made a mockery of what their founders taught.” p. 267

“Theology is a comprehensive, rigorous, and systematic attempt to conceal the beam in the scriptures and traditions of one’s own denomination while minutely measuring the mote in the heritages of one’s brothers.” p. 105

“…[O]ne of the functions of philosophy is to inoculate [people] against bigotry, inhumanity, and propaganda by teaching them to think carefully, conscientiously, and critically.” p.22