{"quotes":[{"text":"In learning and argumentation, the quality brain is similar to a facility of maximum security. What passes the logic test, free of fallacy and pretense, then must pass the test of biblical accuracy in order to proceed as an adopted, reliable truth.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["argumentation","belief","bible","blind-faith","development","evidence","fact","faith","fallacies","growth","knowledge","learning","lies","logical-fallacies","mentality","reasonable","religion","skepticism","theology","truth"],"id":33933,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Do not recite words just to prove to yourself and others that you know and love God; for he already put his breath and light inside you. Instead, put truth in your every word and action, and always let your conscience steer and guide you.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["acting","action","be-good","belief","blind-faith","breath","breath-of-god","conscience","creator","faith","fake","fake-believers","fake-christians","followers","god","good-deeds","good-throughts","goodness","guidance","intentions","mind","morality","recite","religion","sheep","spirituality","steer","suzy-kassem","true","truth","word","word-of-god","words"],"id":40165,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Blind faith is not real religion my friend.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["blind-faith","brainy","faith","fundamentalism","inspiring","philosophy","philosophy-of-religion","reasoning","religion","religion-and-philosophy","truth"],"id":46064,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Be terrified. Nothing in life is certain. It does not owe you anything, and if it decides to take something from you it will. You must accept this truth. Accept the dreadful possibility that your blind optimism is merely a fancied lie.","author":"H.S. Crow","tags":["blind-faith","falsehood","hardship","lies","life","optimism","terror","unfairness"],"id":47235,"author_id":"H.S.+Crow"},{"text":"He tells people that they can no more expect justice in the afterlife than in the mortal plane, but he doesn't do this to dissuade them from worshipping God; on the contrary, he encourages them to do so. What he insists on is that they not love God under a misapprehension, that if they wish to love God, they be prepared to do so no matter His intentions. God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.","author":"Ted Chiang","tags":["blind-faith","devotion","faith-in-god","heaven","justice","mercy","mercy-of-god","religious-faith","salvation"],"id":77266,"author_id":"Ted+Chiang"},{"text":"Then, one sunny September morning, the illusion of a personal God that I tried so hard to believe in, exploded over the skies of Manhattan. Even as the ashes and ruin of this horrific act of blind faith settled over New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, I watched people across the country scrambling to that same irrational altar for their answers. In the fierce storm of emotion that rolled across this country, one realization rose to the surface of my mind with blinding clarity: certainly this mechanism of unassailable blind faith is one of the greatest risks mankind faces today.","author":"Nathan Phelps","tags":["america","blind-faith","fred-phelps","harm","irrationality","leaving-faith","leaving-religion","leaving-westboro-baptist-church","manhattan","new-york","pennsylvania","religious-harm","september-11","september-11-terrorist-attacks","terrorism","washington","westboro-baptist-church"],"id":97407,"author_id":"Nathan+Phelps"},{"text":"Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument.","author":"Iain Pears","tags":["argument","blind-faith","disagreement","discussion","doctrine","faith","freedom-of-thought","independent-thought","jews","judaism","religion","shouting"],"id":102961,"author_id":"Iain+Pears"},{"text":"If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant pastSecurity in human systems we're told will always always lastEmotions are the sail and blind faith is the mastWithout the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere. ","author":"Sting","tags":["blind-faith","captivity","critical-thinking","freedom","history","politics"],"id":117321,"author_id":"Sting"},{"text":"Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["blind","blind-faith","blindness","democrats","followers","following","following-the-crowd","government","government","party-loyalty","party-politics","political-parties","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","republicans","truth","truth","willful-blindness","willful-ignorance"],"id":127532,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"If you truly have faith in your convictions, then your convictions should be able to stand criticism and testing.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["beliefs","blind-faith","conviction","criticism","faith","faith","testing","trust","values"],"id":127874,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":34,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}