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The realistic goal to be attained through spiritual practice is not some permanent state of enlightenment that admits of no further efforts, but a cap...more

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It is taboo in our society to criticize a persons religious faith... these taboos are offensive, deeply unreasonable, but worse than that, they are ge...more

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When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is impos...more

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What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.

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We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.

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The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, i...more

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If you're constantly ruminating about what you just did- or what you should have done- or what you would have done if you only had the chance, you wil...more

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Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.

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The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.

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We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith ...more

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What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual li...more

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We are all trying to find a path back to the present moment. And good enough reason to just be happy here... Mindfulness meditation is just a trick fo...more

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If faith is what you have to go on, if faith is the link between your beliefs and the world at large, your beliefs are very likely to be wrong. Belief...more

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The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word all the time, and I think beh...more

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This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our own, is a mystery absolute, and the only miracle worthy of the name...more