17) Suggestibility is far more subtle and insidious than we believe. Those of us who are quick to see suggestibility in others, yet delude ourselves into thinking that we are not suggestible ourselves, are blind to how equally susceptible we are.
18) A man who dares to try to slaughter the sacred cows of both institutional religion and secular atheism is bound to be despised. Even if he speaks the Truth he will not be listened to by many.
19) Simply because our eyes are open doesn't mean to say that we are awake. How many times have we gone into a room only to forget why we went there in the first place? Or how many times have we read a paragraph in a book only to wake up to the fact that we haven't taken in a single word of it?
20) If our concept of God is predominantly abstract there should also be a few black holes in it in order to let the personal in.
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