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 of tolerance. People who incorporate teachings from a lot of different traditions into their own belief systems are going to be more tolerant than people who confine themselves within the strict boundaries of one particular religion. Does it contribute to our confusion? I don't know if it contributes to confusion so much as it is evidence of a certain kind of silliness and shallowness.
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
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…
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 …
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.
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…
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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