Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who
speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel
Pray, v.: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled
on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy
If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it
is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by
circumstances. -Theodore Dreiser, 1941.
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficient and omnipotent
God would have designedly created...that a cat should play with mice. - Charles
Darwin
Faith is believing things by definition, which are not
justified by reason. If it were
justified by reason, it wouldn't be faith.
The difference between religions and cults is determined by
how much real estate is owned. - Frank Zappa