Quotes (Theme 2)

Question 1

What quotes support New Athiest criticisms of ‘non-thinking’?

Answer 1

• “Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence…Faith is not allowed to justify itself by argument”

Question 2

What quotes support Harry’s definition of religious experiences?

Answer 2

• “…usually induces in the person concerned a conviction that the everyday world is not the whole reality; there is another dimension to life…awareness of its presence affects the persons view of the world. It alters behaviour and changes attitudes”

Question 3

What quote supports religious community as a promotion of faith value system?

Answer 3

• “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength and love your neighbour as yourself”

Question 4

What quotes support present day worship rituals?

Answer 4

• “Ritual is probably the most common source of religious experiences for the majority of people

Question 5

What quotes support faith restoring?

Answer 5

• “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing”

Question 6

What quotes support the renewal of commitment to religious ideals and doctrines?

Answer 6

• “…a process of religious change, which transforms the way the individual perceives the rest of society and his or her personal place in it, altering ones view of the worlds”