Quote by Walter Kaufmann
Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based o

Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person. – Walter Kaufmann

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The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddhas atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah. – Walter Kaufmann

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To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic. – Walter Kaufmann

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The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely. – Joseph Ratzinger

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After Four Feathers, I quit then because I just lost faith. I didnt like how the business was. – Wes Bentley

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We are never defeated unless we give up on God. – Ronald Reagan

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We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind. – John Bacon

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I love the body. Flesh is so honest, and organs do not lie. – Terri Guillemets

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