If the sweat and blood of all faiths seeped into the same soil, then a synthesis must take root

Blind faith is not real religion my friend.

But to rationalize faith is not to admit the superiority of philosophy over religion.

Credulity is always ridiculous.

Not bad, not bad at all," Diotallevi said. "To arrive at the truth through the painstaking reconstruction of a false text.

I do not despise believers. I find them neither ridiculous nor pathetic, but I lose all hope when I see that they prefer the comforting fairy tales of children to the cruel hard facts of adults. Better the faith that brings peace of mind than the rationality that brings worry--even at the price of perpetual mental infantilism. What a demonstration of metaphysical sleight of hand--and what a monstrous price!