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A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." read more
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in read more
Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.
Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.
Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would read more
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow the teachings of the new, he would be insane.
In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners.
In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
