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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It’s really no more inflammatory than that.

Sam Harris

You don’t get anything worth getting, by pretending to know things you don’t know.
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Pretend Worth Yourself
The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.
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Evidence Faith Religion
I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.
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Evidence History Human Myself Society
We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.
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Creation Enough God Man Moments
We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us.
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Difference Goodness Natural Ourselves Reminder
The truth is that we simply do not know what happens after death.
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Death Philosophy Simplicity Truth
I’m the Ted Bundy of string theory.
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String Theory
It is as though a portal in time has opened, and the Christians of the 14th century are pouring into our world.
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Open Ourselves Time World
Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
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Ignorance Knowledge Production Religious Scripture Secularism
The power of psychedelics is that they often reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime.
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Life Power Reveal Science Time Understand
Theology is ignorance with wings.
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Ignorance One Liner Wings
Most of us are wiser than we may appear to be. On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow ones own advice.
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Advice Appearance Level Oneself Wisdom
Faith enables many of us to endure life’s difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.
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Difficult Endurance Faith Life Reason
The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn’t, we will kill you.
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Community Face Islam Kill Muslim Religion Yourself
George Bush says he speaks to god every day, & Christians love him for it. If George Bush said he spoke to god through his hair dryer, they would think he was mad. I fail to see how the addition of a hair dryer makes it any more absurd.
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Failure Religion
Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker
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Born Eat Food God Heaven Virgin

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