1 August 2006 13:09:20
I don't presume to know the mind of the creator. However, I am sure that when Jesus referred to his followers as 'sheep', he didn't mean it in the literal sense. But that is exactly what the Christian Nation has become: blind, gullible, unthinking, remorseless, manipulatable, irresponsible, unaccountable sheep.
"At the core of all well-founded belief, lies belief that is unfounded." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Belief is not the beginning but the end of all knowledge." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." -- Bertrand Russell
FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. -- Ambrose Bierce
"Man is a credulous animal and must believe something. In the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher
Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
Faith: a substitute for truth.
Facts cannot prevail against faith, or adamant folly.
There is no seeing eye dog for blind faith.
[POLITICIAN]LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience. -- Ambrose Bierce
"There is no wild beast so ferocious as Christians who differ concerning their faith." -- William Edward Hartpole Lecky
"The faith that stands on authority is not faith." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
"Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate." -- F.M. Knowles
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. - Trueblood, Elton
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him. - Smith, Sydney
Faith... Must be enforced by reason...When faith becomes blind it dies. - Gandhi, Mahatma
Faith without [good] works is dead... Bible
I'd like to meet a Christian who thinks for themself!
