“The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.” StillsFeelingsLightMightWould BeSpaceImagineAirAtheismEasierEmptyPositive AtheismResistanceFlightImagine ThatDoveEmpty SpaceCleaving Book:Kant Source: Kant
“Paranoia reduces anxiety and guilt by transferring to the other all the characteristics one does not want to recognize in oneself. It is maintained by selective perception and recall. We only see and acknowledge those negative aspects of the enemy that support the stereotype we have already created.” WantDoeEnemySupportAtheismAnxietyPerceptionNegativeAspectGuiltOneselfPositive AtheismAcknowledgeCharacteristicsRecallsStereotypeParanoiaSelective Author:Sam Keen
“Consensual paranoia - the pathology of the normal person who is a member of a war-justifying society - forms the template from which all the images of the enemy are created. By studying the logic of paranoia, we can see why certain archetypes of the enemy must necessarily recur, no matter what the historical circumstances.” PersonsWarMatterFormCertainEnemyStudyAtheismCircumstancesMembersNormalLogicNo Matter WhatHistoricalPositive AtheismParanoiaArchetypePathology Author:Sam Keen
“If some incarnation of evil as unambiguous as Hitler appeared again, I would have no moral qualms about killing the enemy. But in the modern world of moral murkiness, I prefer to keep my hands as clean of enemy blood as possible.” IfsWorldHandsEvilMoralEnemyBloodAtheismModernCleanKillingPositive AtheismModern WorldIncarnationQualmsQualms About Author:Sam Keen
“This sort of behavior is left to the psychotic, dogmatic, fundamentalist believers you see on your TV everyday letting off bombs and killing people in the name of God. Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.” PeopleMindBelieveNamesBeliefLeftAtheismDangerousTvsBehaviorKillingEverydayPositive AtheismBelieverBombsFundamentalistBelief In GodPsychoticDogmatic Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Choices always were a problem for you. What you need is someone strong to guide you. Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow, what you need is someone strong to use you - like me.” NeedsUseProblemChoicesStrongBornAtheismBlindPositive AtheismGuidesLike MeDumbDeafDeaf And Blind Author:Maynard James Keenan
“If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me. Don't judge or question. You are broken now, but faith can heal you. Just do everything I tell you to do.” IfsWantSoulHeavenAtheismJudgingBrokenPositive AtheismHealYour Soul Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Standing above the crowd, He had a voice so strong and loud And I swallowed his façade 'cause I'm so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground, Someone who seemed to feel the same, Someone prepared to lead the way, with Someone who would die for me.” WayFeelsDiesStrongCausesVoiceAtheismStandingPreparedCrowdsPositive AtheismLoud Author:Maynard James Keenan
“Life feeds on life... feeds on life feeds on life... this is neccesary... this is necessary life feeds on life... feeds on life” AtheismPositive Atheism Author:Maynard James Keenan
“People of faith should not invoke the power of the state to decide what everyone can believe or think or read or do. In such cases, like abortion or prayer or prohibition or sexual identity, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the free conscience of each person, not the coercive rule of secular law.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelievePersonsStatesLawPrayerRolesCasesAtheismIdentityConscienceAppealsAbortionSecularProhibitionInvoke Author:Edward Kennedy