Brian Engler
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whereas scientists study the physical world, and theologians the divine one, humanities-humanists study the human world of art, history, and culture. Non-religious humanists make their moral choices based on human well-being, not divine
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“Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon

“Why am I always looking at life through a window?”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Perhaps the most obvious paradox of Christian nationalism is that it preaches love but everywhere practices intolerance, even hate.”
― The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
― The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”
― The Satanic Verses
― The Satanic Verses

“Memory is like a wayward dog. Sometimes it drops the ball and sometimes it brings it, and sometimes it doesn’t bring a ball at all; it brings a shoe.”
― The Hoarder
― The Hoarder
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