#belief

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can almost be as stupid as a cabbage as long as you doubt. ↗

— Dallas Willard

#doubt #faith #faith

While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds immense prestige in our society. Religion is the one area of our discourse where it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about. It is telling that this aura of nobility extends only to those faiths that still have many subscribers. Anyone caught worshipping Poseidon, even at sea, will be thought insane. ↗

— Sam Harris

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Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#faith #life #memory #faith

That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. ↗

— P.C. Hodgell

#faith #truth #faith

We must be careful more than ever what we let our hearts believe in. ↗

— Solange nicole

#deception #faith #life-lessons #solange #faith

The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence. ↗

— Sam Harris

#atheism #belief #ethics #humanism #religion

Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard. ↗

— Beth Revis

#beliefs #faith #faith

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days I think. What is belief—what is faith—if you don't continue in it after failure?" Vin frowned. "Anyone can believe in someone or something that always succeeds, Mistress. But failure . . . ah, now that is hard to believe in certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value, I think. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#failure #faith #hope #faith