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Zacharias, Ravi.

Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones.  Every religion at its core is exclusive.

Jesus Among Other Gods.  (PR413, Nelson, 2000), p. 7.

EXCLUSIVITY; IGNORANCE; RELIGIONS - CARICATURES

20081211

On the other hand, I also grant that finding a hard-nosed rational justification for belief can be a tedious and sometimes hazardous pursuit.  But if truth is the motive for the search, when reasonably pursued, it has its rewards.

Jesus Among Other Gods.  (PR413, Nelson, 2000), p. 47.

BELIEF - RATIONALES; RATIONALES - DANGERS; STUDIES - DANGERS; TRUTH, SEEKING - DANGERS

20081212

In a world where love is the supreme ethic, freedom must be built in.  A love that is programmed or compelled is not love, it is merely a conditioned response or self-serving.

Jesus Among Other Gods.  (PR413, Nelson, 2000), p. 118.

CONDITIONED RESPONSES; ETHICS; FREE WILL; FREEDOM; LOVE; LOVE & FREEDOM; SELF-SERVING MOTIVATIONS

20081217

To answer a question for which an answer is not genuinely sought is only to prolong the charade.

Jesus Among Other Gods.  (PR413, Nelson, 2000), p. 144.

ANSWERS; INTENTIONS, FALSE; QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

20081224

Thus, to deny the Christian the privilege of propagation is to propagate to him or her the fundamental beliefs of another religion

Jesus Among Other Gods.  (PR413, Nelson, 2000), p. 158.

BELIEFS; CHRISTIANITY - EVANGELISM; EVANGELISM; RELGIOUS STATUS QUO

20081225

What the tempter did not tell them [Adam & Eve] was that good and evil as defined by God are rooted in his character, and there is nothing contradictory in God.  Good and evil as defined by fallen humanity are born out of a spirit of rebellion that results in the disintegration of life.

Jesus Among Other Gods.  (PR413, Nelson, 2000), p. 176.

ADAM & EVE; DEVIL, THE; GOD - CHARACTER; GOOD & EVIL - DEFINITIONS; LIFE - INTEGRATION; REBELLION

20081226

Zaleski, Philip.

As Bacon's rule of repeatable experiment took hold, the new credo became, "I measure, therefore I am."  Quantity replaced quality as the test of truth.

"The Flattened Cosmos,"

In:  Parabola, (IX:1; Winter, 1984), p. 82.

BACON, ROGER; EXPERIMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY; QUANTITY; TRUTH

20050802

Zelazny, Roger.

The trouble with you people in anthropology, for all your talk of cultural relativism, is that the very act of evaluation automatically makes you feel superior to whatever you are / evaluating, and you evaluate everything.

Doorways in the Sand.  (PM211, Avon, 1977, 1978), pp. 185-186.

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURES; EVALUATION &: ANALYSIS; JUDGEMENT; RELATIVISM; SUPERIORITY

20061228

Each of you colors reality in keeping with your means of controlling it.  For if it is uncontrollable, you fear it.

Spoken by Morningstar;

(Compare with Anthony Stevens, STEVEAAC16c.)

Jack of Shadows.  (PM312, NAL/Signet, 1989, 1971), p. 105.

COLORING; CONTROL; FEAR; INTERPRETATIONS; REALITY, CONTROL OF

20070725

That's life:  Trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.

Knight of Shadows (HN054, 1989), p. 63.

TRUST; SUSPICION; LIFE - DEFINITIONS; BETRAYALS

19890000

I can't convince someone else of the existence of a version of reality that is temporarily my subjective vision.  But I know that I am stable.

Roadmarks (PM256, Del Rey, 1980), p. 155.

ARGUMENTS; REALITY; SANITY; STABILITY; SUBJECTIVITY

19881114

Zengetsu.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one.  He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

"No Attachment to Dust",

in:  Reps, Paul.  Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (PK040, ), p. 66.

TRUST; SUSPICION; LIFE - DEFINITIONS; BETRAYALS

19890000

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