“Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that rationalize violence, that have endangered our nation and our future. His argument for the morality, the honesty, and the humility of atheism is galvanizing. It is a relief that someone has spoken so frankly, with such passion yet such rationality. Now when the subject arises, as it inevitably does, I can simply say: Read Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation.” DoeI CanChristianSufferingPassionBeliefNationsReligiousMoralFantasyViolenceAtheismSubjectsHonestyHumilityMoralityIntellectualArgumentLettersAriseReliefOur FutureRationalityEmergenciesMisguidedRationalizeChristian Nation Author:Janna Levin
“A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate.” WorldHumansArtLiteratureBeliefEnergyHuman BeingsResultsNumbersFantasyDirectDisappointmentInadequateMishaps Author:Christopher Hampton
“Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts, evolutionary psychologists, and economic equilibrium theorists.” PhilosophyHelpingBeliefFantasyEconomicMediaSpotsRejectsPsychologistEquilibriumTheoristsLayman Author:Mario Bunge
“Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right circumstances. This is in essence a judgment call, since what is possible and what is not cannot be objectively known but is, rather, a subjective belief on the part of the reader.” BeliefFictionKnownOpinionFantasyImpossibleReaderCircumstancesJudgmentEssenceRegardScience FictionSubjective Book:Pandemonium Source: Pandemonium
“The American citizen lives in a world where fantasy is more real than reality, where the image has more dignity than its original. We hardly dare face our bewilderment, because our ambiguous experience is so pleasantly irridescent, and the solace of belief in contrived reality is so thoroughly real. We have become eager accessories to the great hoaxes of the age. These are the hoaxes we play on ourselves.” WorldRealPlayRealityAgeFacesBeliefFantasyCitizensDignityOriginalsDareSolaceAmbiguousAccessoriesAmerican CitizensBewildermentHoaxes Author:Daniel J. Boorstin