“We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened.” LittlesFactsStoriesMovingHappenedKingsDemandNarrativeCherishAcceptableNonviolenceConventionalDrsDisadvantagesSoothingResemblance Author:Timothy B. Tyson
“The very fact that religions are not content to stand on their own feet, but insist on crippling or warping the flexible minds of children in their favour, forms a sufficient proof that there is no truth in them. If there were any truth in religion, it would be even more acceptable to a mature mind than to an infant mind--yet no mature mind ever accepts religion unless it has been crippled in infancy.” IfsMindChildrenHas BeensFactsWould BeFormAcceptingFeetProofSufficientMatureAcceptableFavourInfantFlexibleInfancyCrippled Book:Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft Source: Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft
“I take it, therefore, to be a fact, that one's existence ends with death. I think it possible to show how this fact can be emotionally acceptable.” ThinkingEndsFactsShowsExistenceAtheismPositive AtheismAcceptable Author:A.J. Ayer