Top Skepticism Quotes

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

That's what drives science though: trying to find out the way things are, the way they were, and the way it really works. If that is your goal, then you want to make sure that your information is accu...

Skepticism Definition

(n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

(n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

(n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.

In my experiences, the common critic of Christianity, when he thinks of Christianity, imagines a sort of elementary, Sunday School blunder of elements: fiery Hell, an angry God, 'try not to sin', 'be...

The Greeks made Space the subject-matter of a science of supreme simplicity and certainty. Out of it grew, in the mind of classical antiquity, the idea of pure science. Geometry became one of the most...

Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society.

Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.

Whilst on board the Beagle I was quite orthodox, and I remember being heartily laughed at by several of the officers... for quoting the Bible as an unanswerable authority on some point of morality......

Always doubtful is the one who always looks for certainty.

Most reject the more repugnant or indefensible dogmas while still holding onto some core belief. Many believers will proudly describe themselves as "reasonable" or "rational" based on how little of th...

It sometimes requires ignorance and arrogance to know something for sure.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

I’m saying there is evil in the world, Master Kit said, hefting the box on his hip, and doubt is the weapon that guards against it.Yardem took the box from the old actor's hands and lifted it to the t...

God is always trying to give blessings to us, but our minds are usually too full to receive them.

The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it, with its skeptical protocols, is the pathway to a dark age.

It's not always a question of you changing your mind. I think very often your mind changes you. You suddenly realise that without having intended to think something, or while intending to think someth...

If we could believe that he [Jesus] really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanism which his biographers [Gospels] father on him, and admit the misconstructions, interpolations,...

The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke

Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics.