"The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive idea)."

-- Michael Shermer

#Ideas Quotes #Design Quotes #Brain Quotes

“The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.”
“Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.”
“If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.”
“One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.”
“The ability of Americans to toss off oppressive characters is the most rewarding aspect, to me, of U.S. history.”
“It's funny how things happen in life. Sometimes, you just take the opportunity when it comes. Life can be surprising.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Personally, I don't like watching films about victims - people where you're meant to think, 'Oh, this is terrible,' and you go home feeling really depressed.”
“Had Adam tenderly reproved his wife, and endeavored to lead her to repentance instead of sharing in her guilt, I should be much more ready to accord to man that superiority which he claims; but as the facts stand disclosed by the sacred historian, it appears to me that to say the least, there was as much weakness exhibited by Adam as by Eve. They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.”

Source : Sarah Moore Grimké, Mary S. Parker (1838). “Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker”, p.6

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