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If you are not embarrassed by at least some of what you said and believed at 17 or 18 then you haven't grown since you were 17 or 18.

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Heaven is often described as a place of eternal peace and joy, where believers are united with God. Different religions have unique interpretations of what heaven looks like and how one can attain it. It's a topic that has fascinated humanity for centuries. What are your thoughts on the concept of heaven? #Faith #EternalLife #Spirituality #Heaven #Belief

“You don't struggle with these questions?'No. But I've always thought my opinion was the right one. It's a small flaw I have.'An American flaw.”
― Lily King

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A quotation from Truman

The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence can live only as long as they are enshrined in our hearts and minds. If they are not so enshrined, they would be no better than mummies in their glass cases, and they could in time become idols whose worship would be a grim mockery of the true faith. Only as these documents are reflected in the thoughts and acts of Americans can they remain symbols of a power that can move the world.

Harry S Truman (1884-1972) US President (1945-1953)
Speech (1952-12-15), National Archives

More about this quote: wist.info/truman-harry-s/63640…

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From a scientific perspective, probably the main problem with religious people is they usually take their traditions at face value. They rarely know the identities, social contexts, or motives of scriptures' authors, or the historical layers of texts presented as unified texts or collections.

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/

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A quotation from Emerson

   A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
   In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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Chris Andrews SONG OF THE WEEK “Blown Away” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLTKGxWqLVg

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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

We are stubborn because we are narrow-minded; it is hard to believe what is beyond the scope of our vision.
 
[La petitesse de l’esprit fait l’opiniâtreté, et nous ne croyons pas aisément ce qui est au delà de ce que nous voyons.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶265 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶273]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

AUTHENTIC, adj. Indubitably true — in someone’s opinion.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Authentic,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-04-09)

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My latest video is about the social aspects of paranormal beliefs, how they are transmitted to the next generation, and things like that.
#anomalisticpsychology #paranormal #belief #psycology
https://youtu.be/pZTPCDr8cAA

A quotation from Charles Mackay

During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the world was come. Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.

Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, “Modern Prophecies” (1841)

More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79500…

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than of deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 63 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11433/

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own — something rootless, incoherent, and incomplete. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 60 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/76046/

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A quotation from Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
 
[Le doute n’est pas une état bien agréable, mais l’assurance est un état ridicule.]

Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
Letter (1770-11-28) to Frederick William, Prince of Prussia [tr. Tallentyre (1919)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/voltaire/4016/

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Responding to 10 questions for Atheists by Answers in Reason: Daniel Kelly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12I80uk7oGA

Here I Respond to Answers in Reason's 10 Questions for Atheists.

As I mention if you want to hear more form me then you can find me on the When Belief Dies channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhenBeliefDies

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-- Atheist Debates - Nonresistant Nonbelief --
(from Matt Dillahunty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0IlAiuhKMo

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