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“If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.”
― God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
― God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
“I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.”
― Letter to a Christian Nation
― Letter to a Christian Nation
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
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“So far as I can remember there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.”
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“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
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