#religion

Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#religion #skepticism #superstition #faith

It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. But it was also natural to think that the sun went around the earth. Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings. (Can You Believe in God and Evolution? Time Magazine, August 7, 2005) ↗

— Steven Pinker

#science #skepticism #design

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. ↗

— Isaac Newton

#id #intelligent-design #religion #religion-and-science #science

[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of the Scripture. Nature says the rock is billions of years old, but the book says different, so even though men wrote the book, and God made the rock and God gave us minds that have found ways to tell how old it is, we still choose to believe the Scripture. ↗

— Sheri S. Tepper

#religion #willful-ignorance #design

By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical times, is acceptable. Apparently human bodies were designed to be penetrated by metal implements, but not by flesh. ↗

— Hector Avalos

#bible #christianity #christianity-and-homosexuality #god #homophobia

I am serving the purpose for which I was designed, therefore I am satisfied with my existence. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#life #philosophy #religion #science #design

You don't get to advertise all the good that your religion does without first scrupulously subtracting all the harm it does and considering seriously the question of whether some other religion, or no religion at all, does better. ↗

— Daniel C. Dennett

#faith #religion #faith

Faith is a fine invention When gentlemen can see, But microscopes are prudent In an emergency. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#religion #science #faith

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#god #intelligent-design #religion #design

You’re trying to carry everything in your life by yourself. And you are falling under the weight of it but that was never God’s intention. He doesn’t want you to carry it yourself. You can’t do it, only God can do that. And that’s what he says, He says: "I never meant for you to go through this by yourself. I wanna go through it with you. I wanna carry it for you. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#christianity #flyleaf #god #inspirational #intention