Quote by Peter Singer
What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. – Peter Singer

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I honestly dont know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it. – Peter Singer

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Future
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In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions. – Peter Singer

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Government
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The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done. – Peter Singer

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I think there is a great deal of interest still in the Christian faith. – Rowan Williams

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Faith… must be enforced by reason…. When faith becomes blind it dies. – Mahatma Gandhi

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We receive by faith and we keep it by faith. – Benny Hinn

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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ. – Martin Luther

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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. – George Bernard Shaw

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Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesnt mean it does not exist. – Margaret Cho

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Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing. – Walt Kelly

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I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace. – Pierre Corneille

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