The Christian Delusion Quotes

“Humans are capable of having transcendent, transformative experiences in the absence of any given dogma. We are capable of sustaining elaborate systems of false belief and transmitting them to our children. We are capable of feeling so certain about our false beliefs that we are willing to kill or die for them. One”
― John W. Loftus, The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails

“Since we humans are meaning-makers to the core, such a powerful experience demands an explanation. In an evangelical conversion context like a revival meeting or missionary work, religious interpretations of the snapping experience are provided both before and after it occurs.”
― John W. Loftus, The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails