My point? Simple: we live in an era of non-contiguous information streams. I believe one thing; someone else believes another à and the bedrock assumptions are utterly contradictory. This is what drives me nuts about discussing current events with some people. It’s like discussing the Apollo program with people who think it was all faked, […]
Contradict Quotes
The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.
One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.
The Bible is not even intelligent. It is not even good craftsmanship, but is full of absurdities and contradictions.
The case, however, is that the Bible will not bear examination in any part of it, which it would do if it was the Word of God. Those who most believe it are those who know least about it, and priests always take care to keep the inconsistent and contradictory parts out of sight.
God is, as it were, the sewer into which all contradictions flow.
