Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

“Take a pinch of belief in God, add a dash of desire to experience God, stir in emotion to taste, and you have a recipe for religious experience.”

“Religious experiences also occur only when emotions run high and only to those who were predisposed to believe.”

“Religious beliefs are sometimes based not on testimony by others but on religious experiences of the believer.”

“God’s commands are arbitrary if He has no reason to command one act rather than another; but, if He does have reasons for His commands, then His reasons rather than His commands are whatmake acts immoral.”

“To overlook extra possibilities is the fallacy of false dichotomy.”