Quote by Michael Shermer
Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emo

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic. – Michael Shermer

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We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of lifes pilgrimage. – Michael Shermer

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But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. – Michael Shermer

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Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each others speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in. – H. L. Mencken

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If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. – Matthew Simpson

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Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up. – George A. Smith

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It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words? – Dwight L. Moody

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See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little. – Pope John XXIII

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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. – Larry Niven

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Time heals old pain, while it creates new ones. – Proverb

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All Im trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet. – Joshua Nkomo

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