"While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds immense prestige in our society. Religion is the one area of our discourse where it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about. It is telling that this aura of nobility extends only to those faiths that still have many subscribers. Anyone caught worshipping Poseidon, even at sea, will be thought insane."

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Source : Sam Harris (2006). “Letter to a Christian Nation”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

Sam Harris

#Atheist Quotes #Believe Quotes #Sea Quotes

“My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.”
“When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.”
“I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.”
“We really need the Internet to be that thing that we all dreamed of it being. We need it to connect us all together. We need it to introduce us to new ideas and new people and different perspectives. And it's not going to do that if it leaves us all isolated in a Web of one.”
“A womanâ€™s sphere of influence is a unique sphere, one that cannot be duplicated by men.”
“You need to realise that you must have something to aim for, something to drive you.”
“The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance.”
“If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.”

Source : Galileo Galilei, Andrea Frova, Mariapiera Marenzana (2006). “Thus Spoke Galileo: The Great Scientist's Ideas and Their Relevance to the Present Day”, p.201, Oxford University Press

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