{"quotes":[{"text":"Any thought sequence that minimizes anxiety would get reinforced over time. The sequence would be maintained during the person’s development and would be provoked in contexts where refutation of the belief might occur. So, any kind of refutation of a person’s religious beliefs makes the beliefs only stronger.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["belief","belief","belief-system","beliefs","brainy","neuroscience","neurotheology","religious-beliefs","religious-diversity","religious-extremism","religious-faith","religious-freedom","religious-tolerance","religious-violence","science-and-religion","truth"],"id":12046,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"It's kind of spooky when you are caught talking to God everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet.","author":"Paul Zindel","tags":["crazy","god","prophet","religious-beliefs"],"id":22786,"author_id":"Paul+Zindel"},{"text":"Never trust books on the question of whether or not to trust your rational thinking. Trust your rational thinking on the question of whether or not to trust the books.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["free-thinkers","free-thinking","free-thinking-abilities","free-thinking","life-philosophy","philosophy","philosophy-of-life","rational","rational-spirituality","rational-thought","rationality","religion","religious-beliefs","religious-extremism","religious-violence","scripture","wisdom","wisdom","wise"],"id":39734,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Do not get down on your knees to pray just to show God that you always remember him. Instead stay on your feet, and always do as he would do in place of him.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["acting","action","belief","believer","doing","faith","feet","god","intentions","kneel","knees","knowing-god","practicing","pray","prayer","praying","religion","religious","religious-beliefs","spiritual","spirituality","wisdom","wise"],"id":46330,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"From a medical standpoint, the third and the most probable explanation is that Jesus was indeed dead, and what his disciples experienced were mere hallucinations evoked by the grief over the loss of their beloved teacher. It is clinically known as “Post-Bereavement Hallucinations Experiences” or PBHE.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["belief","bereavement","brainy","christ","christianity","church","consciousness","grieving","hallucination","jesus","jesus-christ","jesus-myth","medical-profession","medical-research","mind","myth","mythology","perception-of-reality","reality","religious-beliefs","resurrection","resurrection-of-christ","resurrection-of-jesus","science-of-mind","truth","wisdom","wise-sayings","words-of-wisdom"],"id":85953,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"That's what gets converts these days,' Baron said. 'It's a buyers' market in apocalypse. What's hot in heresy's Armageddon.","author":"China Miéville","tags":["funny","religious-beliefs"],"id":115701,"author_id":"China+Mi%C3%A9ville"},{"text":"Interesting Avil, the priests and the acolytes of the various religions and temples of Torea build their whole lives on a lie. At first, as children they believe it. Maybe as they grow older and more wise they see the absurdness of their beliefs, but by that time they have invested time and emotional energy into those beliefs, then seeing them crumble and fall apart would be too hard for them to bear. So the protect the lie, they shore it up with more lies and they ebb out their short lives, knowing what they preach is untrue, but preaching it all the same... Almost as if preaching it hard enough will make it true... Are they trying to convince their congregation? Or themselves? You are wiser than you look Avil.","author":"Martyn Stanley","tags":["atheism","atheist","atheist-argument","atheistic","atheists","belief","belief","beliefs","religion","religious-beliefs"],"id":124234,"author_id":"Martyn+Stanley"},{"text":"Religious literature from all around the world have an abundance of philosophical teachings as well, which in fact, prove quite helpful to humanity. But a rational human being must examine every single word from the scriptures before accepting it. Otherwise, it would only lead to religious bulimia, which in turn would bring chaos down on earth.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","fundamentalism","humanity","inspirational","inspiring","inspiring","philosophy","religious-beliefs","religious-extremism","religious-terrorism","religious-violence","science","science-and-religion","scriptures"],"id":132023,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Whether a religion is of peace or violence should be defined by the actions of its people, not by some books.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["inspirational","inspiring","motivational","peace","philosophy","religion","religion-and-philosophy","religious-beliefs","religious-extremism","religious-tolerance","religious-violence","words-of-wisdom"],"id":151242,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"The 'Big Bang' idea of pseudo armchair pundits, too is as much a theory as a human-like big buffoon, that your so-called 'holy' books call god.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["creation-of-the-universe","enlightenment","metaphysical-truth-reality","metaphysics","philosophical-reflection","philosophy-religion","reality-creation","religious-beliefs","religious-extremism","spiritual-insights","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality-religion"],"id":163539,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":36,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}