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“Towards orthodox religion, father's own attitude remained one of tolerance. He looked upon the New Testament as the noble story of a human being which, because of ignorance and the lack of printing presses, had become exaggerated. He maintained that religions served their purpose; some people depended on them all their lives to make them honest. Others did not need to be so held in line. But subjection to any church was a reflection on strength and character. You should be able to get from yourself what you had to go go church for.”

Source: The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger

“Is there a wrong way to say "I don't know"? Yes. When we declare ignorance, it should be a) honest and b) in the spirit of opening ourselves up to hearing, to learning, to receiving. When we say "I don't know" under these conditions, the words can forge connection, healing, growth. But when we resist or disavow knowledge, when we profess ignorance as a way of donning armor and evading accountability, then we make a mockery of those words, and we rupture connections not only with others but within ourselves, within our souls.”

Knows Way Should Soul Spirit Growth Healing Conditions Honest Ignorance Connections Hearing Opening Accountability Receiving Armor Mockery Wrong Way Rupture

Author:Leah Hager Cohen

“But honest men do not pretend to know; they are candid and sincere; they love the truth; they admit their ignorance, and they say, We do not know.”

Knows Men Atheism Honest Ignorance Positive Atheism Sincere Honest Man Candid

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.”

Giving Honest Ignorance Increase Confession Diminish

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe, and lovingly built the dungeons of the Inquisition. All laws defining and punishing blasphemy - making it a crime to give your honest ideas about the Bible, or to laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Jews, or to enjoy yourself on the Sabbath, or to give your opinion of Jehovah, were passed by impudent bigots, and should be at once repealed by honest men. An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.”

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Unbelief, in distinction from disbelief, is a confession of ignorance where honest inquiry might easily find the truth. - "Agnostic" is but the Greek for "ignoramus."”

Might Honest Ignorance Greek Distinction Confession Agnostic Inquiry Disbelief Unbelief

Book:The New Dictionary of Thoughts

Source: The New Dictionary of Thoughts

“There's a willful ignorance. We indulge people who are willfully misrepresenting the facts. I don't think those [anti-choice] congresspeople are as much benignly misguided as they are intentionally and willfully ignorant of the facts of reproduction. That lends itself very well to them being ideologically driven and carrying out agendas that, if they were to be really honest about the facts, would be a tougher sell.”

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Author:Willie Parker