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“Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion.”

Men Turns Doubt Every Man Instant Dogma

Book:Heretics

Source: Heretics

“Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt -- particularly to doubt one's cherished beliefs, one's dogmas and one's axioms.”

Philosophy Belief Doubt Dogma Axioms

Book:Story of Philosophy

Source: Story of Philosophy

“For the first time I understood the dogma of eternal pain... For the first time my imagination grasped the height and depth of the Christian horror. Then I said: "It is a lie, and I hate your religion. If it is true, I hate your God." From that day I have had no fear, no doubt. For me, on that day, the flames of hell were quenched. From that day I have passionately hated every orthodox creed. That Sermon did some good.”

“Increasingly constructive doubt is the sign of advancing civilization. We must put question marks along many of our inherited legal dogmas, since they are dangerously out of line with social facts.”

Facts Social Lines Doubt Civilization Mark Dogma Constructive Advancing Question Mark

Book:Law and the Modern Mind

Source: Law and the Modern Mind

“To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.”

Doubt Atheism Atheist Aids Dogma Vintage Ripening God Is Not Great Kool Aid

Book:Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume

Source: Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume