The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the read more

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.

The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, read more

The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, for example, while loading his ark, did Noah find penguins and polar bears in Palestine?

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.

Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world.

Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world.

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not read more

We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered...

For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast read more

For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.