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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:35am

" In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' " - Carl Sagan

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:36am

"We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself." - Carl Sagan

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:38am

"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Palo on June 1, 2011 at 9:46pm

I quite like this.

 

People might disagree with me, but I think of reality as a subset of existence. All things exist, including things that are not and cannot be real. Reality consists of all the things that can have an impact on us, be impacted by us, or have an impact on or be impacted by another real thing.

 

What I think is most awesome thing about being human is that we can imagine things that are not real, and create a real concept of the thing, bringing it from outside of reality, into reality (in a sense). Our power to do this is not absolute, but it is awesome.

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:39am

"The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this." - Albert Einstein

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:41am

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? " - Douglas Adams

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:42am

“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.” - Richard Dawkins

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:43am

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." - Mae West

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:45am

"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance which does harm." - Marcus Aurelius

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:47am

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” - Peace Pilgrim

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:48am

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful." - Seneca the Younger

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on October 27, 2010 at 8:50am

"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." - Albert Einstein

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