“There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.” PeopleBelieveCountryStatesSeemsBeliefInterestUnitedUnited StatesDangerousIncrediblesAbsurdOutsiders Author:Lawrence Wright
“There is nothing in the nature of a miracle that should render it incredible:;: its credibility depends upon the nature of the evidence by which it is supported. An event of extreme probability will not necessarily command our belief unless upon a sufficiency of proof; and so an event which we may regard as highly improbable may command our belief if it is sustained by sufficient evidence. So that the credibility or incredibility of an event does not rest upon the nature of the event itself, but depends upon the nature and sufficiency of the proof which sustains it.” IfsShouldMayDoeBeliefEventsDependsEvidenceMiracleRegardIncrediblesExtremesProofCommandSufficientProbabilityCredibilityImprobableSufficiency Book:Passages from the Life of a Philosopher Source: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
“To me, the Craft is what Christianity was 2,000 years ago. It was a religion that was not corrupted. I personally think Jesus was a Crafter. We believe in all the things that he spoke of. The early Christians believed in reincarnation, and that was later removed from the belief system. Early Christians had a female Divinity, and that was taken out of their belief system, or as with Catholicism, replaced with Mary. Look at how incredible the growth in devotion of Mary is. It's amazing. The desire for a female Divinity is not just Wiccan. It speaks of a global need.” ThinkingNeedsYearsBelieveLooksChristianDesireJesusBeliefSpeakGrowthChristianityTakenFemaleYears AgoIncrediblesDevotionCraftsDivinitySpokesCatholicismMaryReincarnationReplacedBelief SystemsWiccanCrafters Author:Silver RavenWolf
“Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support... In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.” Has BeensSelfBeliefReligiousFictionSupportAtheismWillingWorshipIncrediblesVariousPositive AtheismMythSupremeSymbolsDeceptionParadiseSelf DeceptionDissolutionFinality Author:Paul Kurtz
“It is curious to observe the triumph of slight incidents over the mind; and what incredible weight they have in forming and governing our opinions, both of men and things, that trifles light as air shall waft a belief into the soul, and plant it so immovable within it, that Euclid's demonstrations, could they be brought to batter it in breach, should not all have power to overthrow it!” MenShouldMindSoulLightBeliefOpinionAirWeightPlantIncrediblesCuriousTriumphIncidentsDemonstrationGoverningTriflesBreachEuclid Author:Laurence Sterne
“When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - its beyond belief.” HumansBeliefHuman BeingsIncrediblesHearingSingersNoiseOperaVolumeOpera Singers Author:Eve Best
“Evangelicals have like millions of rules. And it's just, uh, we have sort of an accepted, rationalism within which we frame religion. And we think that belief, intellectually, is of the same as relationship. And in our Western family conversation, that's become an incredible impediment toward actual wholeness, where the heart and the head are aligned and relationship -- with not just God but with each other.” ThinkingHeartBeliefMillionsConversationWesternIncrediblesAcceptedWholenessRationalismImpediments Author:William P. Young
“One of my defining beliefs is that Jesus Christ has taken all of my guilt before God, and that he has been raised from the dead. That gives incredible hope and meaning to every day of my life - that nothing done in this world is wasted when it's done for him and his glory, and that there will be a day of justice and reward for the entire world.” WorldGivingHas BeensDoneJesusBeliefChristJusticeTakenThis WorldGloryJesus ChristGuiltRaisedRewardsIncrediblesDefining Author:Joshua Harris
“The spirit of adventure to embrace the new and the incredible belief in the power of invention attracted me to the Russian avant-garde.” SpiritBeliefAdventureEmbraceIncrediblesInventionAvant GardeSpirit Of Adventure Author:Zaha Hadid