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“There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.”
― God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
― God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
“People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.”
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“How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.”
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“The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, 'All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions.”
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“I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.”
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