The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
-- Eric Hoffer, The True Believer (1951)

"The perceptions of dreamers and madmen, as perceptions, are just as good as those of others; the only objection to them is that, as their context is unusual, they are apt to give rise to fallacious inferences."
(a slightly paraphrased comment about the philosophy of Protagoras, from Bertrand Russell).

"But between theology and science there is a No Man's Land, exposed to attacks from both sides; this No Man's Land is philosophy."
Bertrand Russell

hey guys,
I've continued to hang out on The Philosophy Forum, but missed you guys, so I thought I'd stop in.

anony