What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,' or 'good' and 'evil,' and simply acted so as to maximize well-being, our own and that of others? Would we lose anything important?

Quote by Sam Harris

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The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things...

The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things...

It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious...

It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious...

Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be...

Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be...

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One...

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the...

God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the...

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

As believers, we are commanded to be thankful. I believe this is a natural result...

As believers, we are commanded to be thankful. I believe this is a natural result...

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you...

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you...

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

God is allowed to divide by zero

God is allowed to divide by zero

Karma is God's way of showing that He sees everything and that there are consequences...

Karma is God's way of showing that He sees everything and that there are consequences...

It is extremely naive to think that mankind is capable of sinning against god. If...

It is extremely naive to think that mankind is capable of sinning against god. If...

People often seem to think that when you're following the Lord and trying to do...

People often seem to think that when you're following the Lord and trying to do...

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God, give me strength to bear my cross, a burden that I gladly bear. Help...

God, give me strength to bear my cross, a burden that I gladly bear. Help...

Finding answers in God isn't one way, it's the only way.

Finding answers in God isn't one way, it's the only way.

Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God...

Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience,...without God...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower...

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower...

I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack...

I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack...