Faith Vs Reason Quotes
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“All religions are man-made; God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Each mind conceives god in its own way. There may be as many variation of the god figure as there are people in the world”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Atheists are the most honest of the human race. These people are unable to live a double life; they are unable to lie to themselves. Of course it's an evolutionary handicap, and if that handicap was widespread, our species would run the risk of extinction”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“There is nothing behind the curtains of religions, people put there whatever their imaginations can fathom”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Don't create unbelief or doubt in people's minds. When you do so you ruin their lives and you have nothing to give them in its place. It's ok if people delude themselves; those delusions keep their day running.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Why doesn't the pope convert to Calvinism? Why doesn't the Dalai Lama, convert to Christianity, why doesn't Billy Graham convert to Islam, Why doesn't the Ayatollahs convert to Buddhism, Why isn't Buddhism swept away? Religious leaders know that all religions are equal; they know that no one of them has the monopoly to the knowledge of God. They know that each religion is trying to find the hidden God and that no one religion can claim to have found him beyond doubt. That's why they remain where they are and respect each other.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him. Atheism is a cry of despair”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“If you give your all and it still doesn't work out in your favor, trust that God has something better.”
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“Belief in God puts our life on autopilot. We know that someone up there is watching us and is in control. Losing our faith puts off the autopilot, we have to run it manually, and check if everything is alright for ourselves. No wonder religion has a wide appeal; most of us are lazy and would like a supreme being to be in charge”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“God has not yet revealed himself to no one in no unclear terms. Religions are attempts to find him; on that level they are all equal”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“I guess we’re supposed to have faith.”
“I never really took you for the faith-having kind,” Quentin said.
“I didn’t either. But it’s worked out so far. We’ve got five of the seven keys. You can’t argue with results.”
“You can’t,” Quentin said, “but that’s actually not the same thing as having faith.”
“Why do you always try to ruin everything?”
“I’m not ruining it. I just want to understand it.”
“If you had faith you wouldn’t have to understand.”
― The Magician King
“I never really took you for the faith-having kind,” Quentin said.
“I didn’t either. But it’s worked out so far. We’ve got five of the seven keys. You can’t argue with results.”
“You can’t,” Quentin said, “but that’s actually not the same thing as having faith.”
“Why do you always try to ruin everything?”
“I’m not ruining it. I just want to understand it.”
“If you had faith you wouldn’t have to understand.”
― The Magician King
“Sometimes one needs a little bit of faith when faced with a difficult situation. Rational answers don't always work. We also need a miracle.”
― The Immortals of Meluha
― The Immortals of Meluha
“From the club of what atheist call false hope and false god (which offer solace to weak minds), atheist are calling you to their club of no god and no hope (which offers nothing in return. Join the club only if you are a strong minded individual capable of handling your life alone without the help of gods. )”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“It's impossible to do science without faith. Sometimes scientists build theories on the premises of faulty assumptions until they discover they were in error and begin again from square one until they discover the true theory. It's quite different with theologians, they build false theory upon false theory until they give you detailed descriptions of heaven and hell and construct dogmas to protect their errors and if you dare say they are in error they condemn you to eternal damnation they arrived at through false theories”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“Don’t curse the gods; you will feel shame when you have to call on them for help”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“A spiritual realm is more obedient than a temporal one. In a spiritual realm, people obey the Supreme Being through his priests; in a temporal realm people don't obey wholeheartedly as they distrust their corrupt officials.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“No holy book is more inspired than the other. They are all inspired according to their gods.”
― Pearls Of Eternity
― Pearls Of Eternity
“If there is a God you must see it (literally), even clearer than you see this page, otherwise it is better not to believe. It is better to be an outspoken atheist, than a hypocrite.”
― In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
― In Search of Divinity: Journey to The Kingdom of Conscience
“The incarnation was a mere theological concept taught to them over the years to be doctrine and held as a foundation for their faith. Incarnation is not something to believe in, but it is meant to experience.”
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“Now Aristotle says that the judgment which follows knowledge is in truth faith. Accordingly, faith is something superior to knowledge, and is its criterion. Conjecture, which is only a feeble supposition, counterfeits faith; as the flatterer counterfeits a friend, and the wolf the dog.”
― Volume 12. The Writings of Clement of Alexandria
― Volume 12. The Writings of Clement of Alexandria
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