(July 10, 2013 at 5:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:The pitfall is that it ceases to be a search for the truth and merely becomes an extension of what you already believed in the first place.
Theists are not interested in truth. What they seek is validation of their closely held beliefs....no matter how stupid they are.
Was any of this ever a search for truth, or was it never anything more than a search for comfort in an uncertain world?
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
