The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
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George Bernard Shaw was a 19th-century Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist. George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Religion — Exploring belief systems, worship, and spiritual practice