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Somehow it does not really look like ‘religion’ as commonly understood, but it does not appear to be a form of ‘philosophy’ either, nor would it be accepted as ‘science’ today. Nevertheless it participates in all these fields, as well as in ...more
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“A truth is not hard to kill, and a lie well told is immortal.” - Mark Twain”
David Fitzgerald, Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All

“This is the mentality of a cult, in which fantastical beliefs are flaunted as proof of one's piety. That mentality cannot coexist with an esteem for truth, and I believe it is responsible for some of the unfortunate trends in recent intellectual life.”
Stephen Pinker

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“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”
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“So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it.”
John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women

Robert M. Price
“Those who thus seek to screen an idol from criticism only betray their own suspicions about the worthiness of the totem they worship.”
Robert M. Price, The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition?

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