“There are two forms of disappointment that interest me: religious and political disappointment. Religious disappointment flows from the realization that religious belief is not an option for us. Political disappointment flows from the fact that there is injustice - that we live in a world that is radically unjust and violent, where might seems to equal right, where the poor are exploited by the rich, etc.” WorldTwoFactsSeemsMightFormPoliticalBeliefInterestReligiousPoorRichEqualFlowInjusticeDisappointmentViolentRealizationEtcUnjustReligious Belief Book:Impossible Objects Source: Impossible Objects
“I believe that traditional religious belief and scientific knowledge depict the universe in radically different ways. At the bedrock they are incompatible and mutually exclusive.” WayBelieveDifferentUniverseBeliefI BelieveReligiousTraditionalDifferent WaysExclusiveReligious BeliefBedrockScientific Knowledge Author:E. O. Wilson
“With the near-death or clinical near-death phenomenon some people who are brought back from 'death' have reported being alive the entire time they were 'dead.' This phenomenon occurs among people with a wide diversity of religious belief and no religious belief at all - from atheists to Zen Buddhists.” PeopleBeliefReligiousAliveDiversityAtheistWideBuddhistPhenomenonReligious BeliefClinicalsNear DeathZen Buddhist Author:John Ankerberg
“If religious belief be indeed so necessary to mankind, as we are continually assured that it is, there is great reason to lament, that the intellectual grounds of it should require to be backed by moral bribery or subornation of the understanding.” IfsShouldReasonBeliefUnderstandingReligiousMoralMankindIntellectualAssuredReligious BeliefLamentBribery Book:Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism Source: Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism