Why We Believe in God(s) Quotes

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

“Genuine morality is doing what is right regardless of what we may be told; religious morality is doing what we are told.”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children. —Charles Darwin”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent…. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

“A little girl came home from school after an early lesson in the evolution of humans. She asked her mother, “Do we come from apes?” The mother paused and said, “Well, in a sense. We arose from monkeys and apes.” The little girl asked, “Well, where do monkeys come from?” The mother thought for a moment and replied, “The Kansas State Board of Education.”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith

“We are risen apes, not fallen angels—and we now have the evidence to prove it.”
― J. Anderson Thomson, Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith