Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense, amirite?

+171 Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

With this logic, I'll never go skydiving. Common sense says I could die, my own reason says I can't afford it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I like the actual quote a lot better. "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions just because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I dont believe you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure if I believe you right now.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well my reason is that 1+1=3. Therefore I believe that 2+2=5

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This is the type of question I don't know what to vote on. Certainly we should not blindly believe everything, but some things may be true which violate our own reason and sense

by Anonymous 12 years ago