Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by atheists and agnostics than each other.
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…
- 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… - 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…
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…
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…
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.
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 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.
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 …
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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