Quote by Carl Sagan
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. – Carl Sagan

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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. – Carl Sagan

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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. – Carl Sagan

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This is Gods world, not Satans. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians. – Gary North

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Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams — they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do — they all contain truths. – Muhammad Ali

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Religion is a fashionable substitute for Belief. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. – Barack Obama

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