“Nature never gives to a living thing capacities not particularly meant for its benefit and use. If Nature gives to us capacities to believe that we have a Creator whom we never saw, of whom we have no direct proof, who is kind and good and tender beyond all that we know of kindness and goodness and tenderness on earth, it is because the endowment of capacities to conceive a Being must be for our benefit and use; it would not be for our benefit and use if it were a lie.” IfsKnowsGivingBelieveKindUseEarthLyingReligionChristianityKindnessSawsGoodnessBenefitsCapacityDirectCreatorProofTendernessLiving ThingsEndowment Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores.” StoriesReligionDivineCapacityMercyDoctrineOfficialsAlmightyTheologianInfantReconcileDamnationDivine Mercy Author:Robert A. Heinlein
“Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims.” WayChristianReligionCapacityDevotionHatsDevotion To God Book:Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition
“Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.” ReligionAtheismCrazySweetCapacityMiracleMadAtheistAnti ReligiousFunny AtheistMother Night Book:Mother Night: A Novel Source: Mother Night: A Novel