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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.
If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, read more
There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount read more
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious read more
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that is still within us, sealed in the subconscious cellars of the psyche.
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults read more
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.
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.
