Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion. — Thomas Hobbs, Leviathan (1651)

Carl’s widow, Ann Druyan: “Where we are ignorant, we withhold belief.”  

– – – – -David Hume Every virtue, every excellence, must be ascribed to the divinity, and no exaggeration will be deemed sufficient to reach those perfections with which he is endowed. Whatever strains of panegyric can be invented, are immediately embraced, without consulting any arguments of phenomena: It is esteemed a sufficient confirmation of […]