One - Quotes
The religious reply to the moral sceptic`s question, `Why should I behave in such-and-such a way?` is simply `Because God requires it of you.` But this is merely a polite way of saying, `Because you`ll be punished if you don`t. [...] But a threat is never a logical justification for acting one way rather than another. If there exists a deity with the punitive vengefulness of the Judaeo-Christian variety, then it might be prudent to obey it, and thus avoid the flames of hell; but the threat of punishment is not a principled reason for obedience.
Believing something is not an accomplishment. I grew up thinking that beliefs are something to be proud of, but they`re really nothing but opinions one refuses to reconsider. Beliefs are easy.
Our beliefs affect our behavior towards others. And that makes our beliefs, not just a personal question, but an ethical one.
It`s a mistake to confuse intelligence with knowledge. Intelligence relates to the way one processes information, not necessarily what she knows or believes. This can lead to an individual making complex justifications to defend her beliefs, even when those beliefs are clearly false.
If you genuinely loved God, wouldn`t you want to understand him as best you can? When faced with different ideas about God, wouldn`t you want to ask some questions, and look at the supporting evidence for the different views, and try to figure out which one is probably true? Doesn`t it seem insulting to God to treat that question as if it didn`t matter? There are profound differences between religions. They are not trivial. And the different religions cannot all be right. (Although, as atheists like to point out, they can all be wrong.)
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you`re a star you`re dead already. You`re embalmed.
You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.
It is obviously impossible to live in the present. The brain-computer has no program for it. That we live in the past and in the future, in memories and hopes, in past accomplishments and plans for the future, is based on one of those odd laws of the human psyche.
The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person`s face. When you forgive, it`s like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.
If a `religion` is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprovable statements, then Gödel taught us that mathematics is not only a religion, it is the only religion that can prove itself to be one.
My theory is that life is actually a video game, kind of like the sims, and some person is controlling each any every single one of us, and whoever is controlling me has the top score.
One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn`t like you. Especially when you don`t know what you`ve done to deserve it.
I personally don`t think you can love two things like dancing and singing the same exact amount. There is always one that you like more, and that is most likely the one that you`re better at, because you try harder in it.