To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.

Christopher Hitchens
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is...
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is...
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is...
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is...
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The ideas that have the most sway over the minds of people are not those that are backed by science, but those that are supported by faith. One who holds to an idea with all their heart without ever questioning it or looking at the facts is the one who throws out the ripening vintage and reaches greedily for the Kool-Aid.

Source: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

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