Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

Paul Tillich
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  1. Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

  2. Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason

  3. Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.

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  5. Faith includes both an immediate awareness of something unconditional and the courage to take the risk of uncertainty upon itself. Faith says "Yes" in spite of the anxiety of "No."Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality

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