Paul Copan Quotes

#1. Atheist's denial of God's existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist's claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God's existence.

Paul Copan

#2. To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
And hear His pardoning voice
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.

William Cowper

#3. These days, though, tolerance means that you accept the other person's views as being true or legitimate. If you claim that someone is wrong, you can get accused of being intolerant
even though, ironically, the person making the charge of intolerance isn't being accepting of your beliefs.

Paul Copan

#4. By the time we went to Doctor Simon I think Barney had been totally disabled for at least six months.

Betty Hill

#5. Only cowards hide behind silence.

Paulo Coelho

#6. People who criticize power in the Jewish community are regarded the way Ahab treated Elijah: You're a traitor.

Noam Chomsky

#7. Serious circumstances remind us that the difficulty of finding the truth is no excuse for not looking.

Paul Copan

#8. The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

Dorothy Malone

#9. Wisdom is not acquired by reading. Wisdom is what results when you incorporate this knowledge into your personal experience.

Jim Lawless

#10. Contrary to popular definitions, true tolerance means 'putting up with error' - not 'accepting all views'. We don't tolerate what we enjoy or endorse - say, chocolate, or roses, or Mozart's music. By definition, we tolerate what we don't approve of or what we believe to be false.

Paul Copan

#11. Today religion is increasingly pushed aside by secularizing influences such as the university, the media, and politics. Rather than having a major voice in public life, religion has been relegated to the private and the personal.

Paul Copan

#12. Bad is so bad, that we cannot but think good an accident; good is so good, that we feel certain that evil could be explained.

G.K. Chesterton

#13. Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.

Jon Kabat-Zinn