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God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.

Richard P. Feynman
Religious, Religion, Atheism
"Superstrings: A Theory of Everything?". Book edited by Paul C. W. Davies and Julian R. Brown, June 16, 1988.

[Quantum mechanics] describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And yet it fully agrees with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as She is - absurd.

Richard P. Feynman
Views, Common Sense, Religion

Start out understanding religion by saying everything is possibly wrong... As soon as you do that, you start sliding down an edge which is hard to recover from.

Richard P. Feynman
Understanding, Religion, Atheism

This attitude of mind - this attitude of uncertainty - is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire. It becomes a habit of thought. Once acquired, we cannot retreat from it anymore.

Richard P. Feynman
Attitude, Mind, Religion
Richard P. Feynman (2015). “The Quotable Feynman”, p.286, Princeton University Press

During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency. Then a method was discovered for separating the ideas - which was to try one to see if it worked, and if it didn't work, to eliminate it. This method became organized, of course, into science.

Richard P. Feynman
Crazy, Ideas, Religion
Richard P. Feynman (2010). “"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character: Adventures of a Curious Character”, p.338, W. W. Norton & Company

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