I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
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Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false beliefs.
Scientific criticism has no nobler task than to shatter false beliefs.
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Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skill. Where there is the necessary skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
All the gods are dead except the god of war.
All the gods are dead except the god of war.
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Each epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to overlook.
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian read more
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
If you think practicing what you preach is rough, just try preaching what you practice.
If you think practicing what you preach is rough, just try preaching what you practice.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.
