Belief in demons was widespread in the ancient world. They were thought of as natural rather than supernatural beings. Socrates described his philosophical inspiration as the work of a personal benign demon. Augustine believed that witches were the offspring of …demons having unlawful sexual congress with women. In the Middle Ages, nearly everyone believed in […]
Read MoreFear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion. — Thomas Hobbs, Leviathan (1651)
Read MoreCarl’s widow, Ann Druyan: “Where we are ignorant, we withhold belief.”
Read More– – – – -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 […]
Read MoreIs science my religion? Not at all; there is no aspect of modern medicine or science that I would exempt from the most rigorous scrutiny, and I can readily identify a host of serious problems that still need to be fixed. That’s easy to do, of course, because the worlds of medicine and science are […]
Read More– – – – – Charles TempletonIs it not foolish to close ones eyes to the reality that much of the Christian faith is simply impossible to accept as fact?And is it not a fundamental error to base ones life on theological concepts formulated centuries ago by relatively primitive men who believe that the world […]
Read MoreFrom the late 30s to the late 50s, my father, Charles Templeton, (known then as Chuck Templeton) was one of the best known evangelists in North America. He and his best friend Billy Graham toured the USA, Canada and the World preaching about Jesus. However, today if you’ve heard of Charles Templeton’s religious career, it […]
Read More…professor of philosophy and director of the Center of Cognitive Studies at Tufts University (Boston!).
Read More…a distinguished thinker of the 18th century Enlightenment; a brilliant Scottish philospher
Read MoreThere was a day when Jupiter was the king of gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. But where in all the world is anyone who worships Jupiter today? What about Sutekh, once the high god of the Nile valley? What about Huitzilopochtli? …had no human […]
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