What I believe (by E.M. Forster)
Belief is not about intellectual assent to a creed. Belief—Emmunah—is about existential trust. ... Emmunah offers a middle way between the fundamentalist intuitions of the anti-rational and baby-out-with-the-bath-water rationalist skepticism. We can’t get it when we’re in the desert, being carried by God and Moses. We have to cultivate it as our... See more
2024 A+ Zettels
The question isn’t whether you’re going to believe, but who; it’s not merely about what to believe, but who to entrust yourself to. Do you really want to trust yourself? Do we really think humanity is our best bet? Do we really think we are the answer to our problems, we who’ve generated all of them?