Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
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tiny.ag/ex5pqdpc · submitted 1997
Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be nullified on behalf of a single petitioner, admittedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/gzduntch · submitted 1997
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/6dwsjbik · submitted 1998 by VWTransit
If you love God, burn the church.
tiny.ag/lqhkxzhu · submitted 1997
In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.
tiny.ag/rdhwutp3 · submitted 1997
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
tiny.ag/bayzpj4i · submitted 1997
Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.
tiny.ag/m6pcdljo · submitted 1999
In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words than words without heart.
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/lwrzvsfo · submitted 1997
A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
tiny.ag/n7uywfhs · submitted 1997
A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam.
tiny.ag/oxnkf52j · submitted 1997
All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it won't.
tiny.ag/e7pa2qtv · submitted 1997
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/e8syltpb · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
tiny.ag/jd4gcyqf · submitted 1997
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
tiny.ag/pbfz1bc0 · submitted 1997
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion; rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/qrtof0ik · submitted 1997
A Christian is a man who feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday.
tiny.ag/3hh9mnjs · submitted 1997
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile!
tiny.ag/ymrr2e7m · submitted 1997
Every dogma must have its day.
tiny.ag/9zs6rptf · submitted 1997
"Automatic" simply means that you can't repair it yourself.
tiny.ag/qswhxoon · submitted 1997
The truth is more important than the facts.
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