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“You'd be surprised how much free time I have.”

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Malcolm Rifkind is a seasoned British politician who has served as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Born on June 21, 1946, he has been active in the British political scene and has held several important positions. more

“Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to kill, or for being merciful, or for seeking peace; only the profoundest ignorance of history could prevent one from recognizing this. For the truth is that religion and irreligion are cultural variables, but killing is a human constant.”

Humans Doe Reason Religious Powerful Ignorance Truth Is Constant Killing Seeking Conviction Sole Compelling Recognizing Merciful Being Me Variables Compelling Reason Irreligion

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“When one forgets the distinction between method and truth, one becomes foolishly prone to respond to any question that cannot be answered from the vantage of one's particular methodological perch by dismissing it as nonsensical, or by issuing a promissory note guaranteeing a solution to the problem at some juncture in the remote future, or by simply distorting the question into one that looks like the kind one really can answer after all.”

Looks Kind Problem Answers Forget Particular Solutions Method Notes Distinction Nonsensical Juncture

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World Mind Danger Becoming Approach Tradition Reverence Forgetful Captivated

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“It is true that a great deal of the rhetoric of the new atheism is often just the confessional rote of materialist fundamentalism (which, like all fundamentalisms, imagines that in fact it represents the side of reason and truth); but it is also true that the new atheism has sprung up in a garden of contending fundamentalisms.”

Reason Facts Sides Deals Imagine Atheism Garden Imagine That Rhetoric Fundamentalism Sprung Contending Sprung Up

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“The truth of no truths becomes, inevitably, truth: a way of naming being, language, and culture that guards the boundaries of thought against claims it has not validated.”

Way Culture Language Truth Is Claims Boundaries

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“More simply said, the finite does not add to the infinite but merely expresses the power of the infinite in a limited mode.”

Doe Said Infinite Add Finite Simply Said

Author:David Bentley

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