Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
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tiny.ag/bayzpj4i · submitted 1997
Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.
tiny.ag/rdhwutp3 · submitted 1997
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
tiny.ag/oxnkf52j · submitted 1997
All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it won't.
tiny.ag/n7uywfhs · submitted 1997
A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam.
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/lwrzvsfo · submitted 1997
A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
tiny.ag/qswhxoon · submitted 1997
The truth is more important than the facts.
tiny.ag/qrtof0ik · submitted 1997
A Christian is a man who feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday.
tiny.ag/pbfz1bc0 · submitted 1997
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion; rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/jd4gcyqf · submitted 1997
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
tiny.ag/e8syltpb · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
tiny.ag/e7pa2qtv · submitted 1997
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/uy8bic2x · submitted 1997
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
tiny.ag/ymrr2e7m · submitted 1997
Every dogma must have its day.
tiny.ag/9zs6rptf · submitted 1997
"Automatic" simply means that you can't repair it yourself.
tiny.ag/3hh9mnjs · submitted 1997
Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile!
tiny.ag/9rg2w8nc · submitted 1997
In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
tiny.ag/iulae0a9 · submitted 1997
That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
John A. Locke, sometimes incorrectly attributed to John Locke, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/if4vw3y9 · submitted 1997
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/rsp4g5er · submitted 1997
Men don't change. The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
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