Illusion of God's Presence Quotes

“[God] has a special place full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever till the end of time…but he loves you! —George Carlin, You Are All Diseased”
― John C. Wathey, Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing

“numinous.”
― John C. Wathey, Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing

“Psychologists call this cognitive impenetrability: our conscious understanding of the situation is unable to penetrate a compelling perception generated by relatively inflexible mechanisms that interpret visual contours, surfaces, and shapes.”
― John C. Wathey, Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing