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Quote: The morality of conscience

Conscience is what enables man to rise above being a prisoner of his inclinations … Conscience enables us to go beyond what feels good and to do what is right

Dinesh D’Souza, What’s So Great About Christianity, Regnery Publishing 2007… Continue reading Quote: The morality of conscience

Quote: Former atheist speaks on cruelness and injustice

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part of the show, find myself in such violent reaction against it? A man feels wet when he falls into water, because man is not a water animal: a fish would not feel wet. Of course, I could have given up my idea of justice by saying that it was nothing but a private… Continue reading Quote: Former atheist speaks on cruelness and injustice