If I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, they may be no great harm done by mere belief. It maybe true after all, or it may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards man, that I make myself credulous
The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough. But that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them, for then it must sink back into savagery.
An excerpt from WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD
P.S. -- My own insights to follow --> :)
The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough. But that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them, for then it must sink back into savagery.
An excerpt from WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD
P.S. -- My own insights to follow --> :)
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Faith is such a flimsy thing ... easily swayed with the wrong words spoken at the right time ... when the heart is wondering and the soul is weak ...
ReplyDeleteI have a small note on my board that says "Keep faith little one."