What did Christopher Hitchens mean by: The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. - Christopher Hitchens Author · England Copy
+ Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, Christianity, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ [P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Denial, Justification, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Reasoning, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Cancer, Self, Temptation, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Where would you like to live? In a state of conflict or a conflicted state? Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Conflict, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, Wisdom, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Faith, Mistake, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and – since there is no other metaphor – also the soul. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Literature, Mind, Soul, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist. - William Gurnall Clergyman · England
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Christ preaches only servitude and dependence… True Christians are made to be slaves. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Atheism is a cruel long term business, and I have gone through it to the end. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality. - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
