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"It is possible to conceive, Anselm said, of a being than which nothing greater can be conceived. Even an atheist can conceive of such a superlative being, though he would deny its existence in the real world. But, goes the argument, a being that doesn't exist in the real world is, by that very fact, less than perfect. Therefore we have a contradiction and, hey presto, God exists!"
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"But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end of divine beings."
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"When we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief."
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"Real religion begins where the tiny cocoons of belief systems end."
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"He supposed that even in Hell, people got an occasional sip of water, if only so they could appreciate the full horror of unrequited thirst when it set in again."
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"I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me."
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"Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or which deity works for whom. Sincere religion and tested science are similar in that their assertions can be argued logically and objectively; otherwise, we get false cults and babble."
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"Initially, the God of the Old Testament might seem overwhelming and domineering to you, or tyrannical, or perhaps even evil, which is good. It is the first telling that God is indeed God, by sheer definition, and not some ear-tickling fairy by which one in his depravity is guaranteed to find another form of stale romanticism or love at first sight. For such a first impression as the latter would be problematic to the essence of Christianity. Therefore the Christians are right in saying that the nature of imperfect men cannot ultimately co-exist with the nature of a perfect God; and that the hope of each man is now desperately found in God's sending of Christ."
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"Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, you've been given eternal life. 'Whom or what shall you fear?' To be afraid of anything other than God himself is like an insult to God."
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"Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots."
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"For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals."
Job
"Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does."
Death
"The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out."
Reason
"Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant."
Motivational
"When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience."
Experience
"Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion."
Religion
"The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I was born with on September 8, 1954, a half-century ago this month."
Change
"But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths."
Age
"We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs."
Perception
"The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive."
Acceptance
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