Ron Barrier quotes

If there were a god, there would be no need for religion. If there were not a god, there would be no need for religion.
-- Ron Barrier

#Doubt #Atheism #Would Be

Atheism - Your Gain, No Pain!
-- Ron Barrier

#Pain #Doubt #Atheism

Jesus told his followers not to pray in the public square 'as the hypocrites' do, but rather 'enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret,' Mr. DeLay not only wants to pray in public, he wants C-SPAN and the nightly news to cover it!
-- Ron Barrier

#Jesus #Father #Hypocrite

In effect, Gore is unwittingly characterizing a large segment of the US population as the next 'Willie Horton.' This is unfortunate and counterproductive to any dialogue between those who 'believe' and those who don't.
-- Ron Barrier

#Believe #Scary #Population

I have often thought that the difference between a cult and a religion is an IRS ruling.
-- Ron Barrier

#Religious #Differences #Irs

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.

The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.

There is no doubt that the Americans losses are very heavy because they are deployed across a wide area and among the people and because it is easy to procure weapons. All of which makes them easy and mouth watering targets for the believers.

As soon as by one's own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one's own right is laid.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen.

I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.

Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed.