" If religion were more clear, it would have less charms for the ignorant, who are pleased only with obscurity, terrors, fables, prodigies, and things incredible. Romances, silly stories, and the tales of ghosts and wizards, are more pleasing to vulgar minds than true histories. " | " I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. " | " I can't believe the special stories that have been made about our relationship with the universe at large. They seem to be too simple, too local, too provincial. " |
" I have no religious belief at all, I think it's a subject for comedy, ...part of the human comedy. " | " Theologians have invented this almost self-consistent subject which has no contact with physical reality at all. And they invent all sorts of questions " | " Even the simplest things are hard to understand, ...and that makes me rather suspicious of anyone who claims to have a quick and easy answer to any aspect of reality ...Therefore I'm not someone who can accept any specific religious dogma. " |
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