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I call myself a non-theist as opposed to an atheist because as I see an atheist as having a belief about God, i.e. that there isn't one.

— Ursula Goodenough Meaning of Life interview (2008)

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We do have something of a story here, a true story, that we can work with religiously should we elect to do so.

Any global tradition needs to begin with a shared worldview — a culture-independent, globally accepted consensus as to how things are.

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We nurture our children selflessly. But we also recognize them as our most tangible sources of renewal — for a child, the world is always new.

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When I sing the hymns of faith in Jesus' love, I am drawn to their intimacy, their allure, their poetry. But in the end, such faith is simply not available to me.

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Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable consequence of our thermal and chemical circumstances.

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Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.

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Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.

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One of the most exquisite pleasures of human love — to serve the loved one without his knowing it — is only possible, as regards the love of God, through atheism.

Simone Weil Last Notebook (1942)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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