#supposition

The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow. ↗

— Francis Atterbury

#flow #greater #more #strongly #supposition

We all - whether naturalists, atheists, Buddhists, or Christians - see the world through the grid of an interpretive framework - and ultimately this interpretive framework is religious in nature, even if not allied with a particular institutional religion. ↗

— James K.A. Smith

#morality #postmodernism #presuppositions #religion #worldview

Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#modernity #naturalism #naturalism-as-science #presuppositions #science

A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the foundations on which we live and more and have our being. ↗

— James W. Sire

#ideology #narrative #philosophy #presupposition #reality

It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#only #supposition #than #universe

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#advanced age #age #even #fair #few

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. ↗

— George Washington

#caution #exclusion #expect #experience #forbid

In inquiring concerning the benefits of the plan proposed, I shall proceed upon the supposition that female seminaries will be patronized throughout our country. ↗

— Emma Willard

#concerning #country #female #i #inquiring

Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society, the way that a child catches the measles. But people with understanding realize that their presuppositions should be *chosen* after a careful consideration of which worldview is true. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#catch #francis-schaeffer #measels #presuppositions #schaeffer

It isn't very logical to live my life on goundless supposition. I have to assume the truth of the moment is the truth of the future. - Leah ↗

— Jacquelyn Frank

#logical #present-moment #supposition #life