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In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, wher

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue. – Paul Davies

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Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term doubting Thomas well illustrates the difference. – Paul Davies

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For me, science is already fantastical enough. Unlocking the secrets of nature with fundamental physics or cosmology or astrobiology leads you into a wonderland compared with which beliefs in things like alien abductions pale into insignificance. – Paul Davies

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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. – G.K. Chesterton

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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said Let us pray. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. – Desmond Tutu

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If I dont talk about my religion, if I say Im not discussing it or different humanitarian things Im working on, theyre like, Hes avoiding it. If I do talk about it, it becomes, Oh, hes proselytizing. – Tom Cruise

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When youre in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for me. – Henrique Capriles Radonski

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Decorate yourself from the inside out. – Terri Guillemets

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Reject hatred without hating. – Mary Baker Eddy

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I dont think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesnt at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang. – Jimmy Carter

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