#skeptic

We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#behind #decisions #elect #evidence #facts

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow. ↗

— Romain Rolland

#prepared #skepticism #tomorrow #way #yesterday

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#freedom #liberty #religion #separation-of-church-and-state #skepticism

In a post-Christian, skeptical age, love on display is the most convincing apologetic. ↗

— J.D. Greear

#love #skepticism #age

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government. ↗

— George Will

#america #continuous #government #political #skepticism

I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother for her son's crime? ↗

— Criss Jami

#apologetics #atrocities #belief #bias #biases

That's all right," she told him. "I can manage. I can sleep outside just fine." Four pairs of eyes looked at her with a distinctly male skepticism. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#fate-s-edge #funny #gaston #george #ilona-andrews

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#faith #science #skepticism #faith

Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our own, is a mystery absolute, and the only miracle worthy of the name. ↗

— Sam Harris

#reason #religion #science #skeptic #faith

It seems all spirits need theatrics, eh? Even Christ himself requires incense and holy water. We're a skeptical people. We need convincing. ↗

— Megan Chance

#cynicism #faith #skepticism #spiritualism #theatrics