Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution

Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution

A reasonable scale of probability-what is likely-forbids believing a whole range of imaginative possibilities, even though we do not know anything for sure.

We believe each other into being.

Your staying alive means so much more than you really know, or that anyone is aware of at this moment.

If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculous.

Like belief, doubt takes a lot of different forms, from ancient Skepticism to modern scientific empiricism, from doubt in many gods to doubt in one God, to doubt that recreates and enlivens faith and doubt that is really disbelief.