When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing - they believe in anything.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Rejecting faith leaves a void filled with superstition.
- In plain terms
- Without God people believe in anything.
- What can you take from it?
- Vacuums in belief get filled with unreason.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What fills the void?
- Is belief necessary?
Another view
It assumes all non theers are superstitious.
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