In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of it.
There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that grazing leads to a kind… - Wendy Kaminer
There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that grazing leads to a kind…
- Wendy Kaminer
In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of… - Wendy Kaminer
In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of…
I don't see a direct conflict between the rights of individuals and the rights of communities, because I don't perceive of communities as having righ… - Wendy Kaminer
I don't see a direct conflict between the rights of individuals and the rights of communities, because I don't perceive of communities as having righ…
I don't spend much time thinking about whether God exists. I don't consider that a relevant question. It's unanswerable and irrelevant to my life, so… - Wendy Kaminer
I don't spend much time thinking about whether God exists. I don't consider that a relevant question. It's unanswerable and irrelevant to my life, so…
What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form of self-expression. - Wendy Kaminer
What might once have been called whining is now exalted as a process of asserting selfhood; self-absorption is regarded as a form of self-expression.
The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves, and … - Wendy Kaminer
The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves, and …
The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt. - Wendy Kaminer
The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.
Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it. - Wendy Kaminer
Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.
We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers? - Wendy Kaminer
We don't cut off the hands of thieves or castrate rapists. Why must we murder murderers?
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