Robert Sheaffer Professions : Freelance writer Born : 1949 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Robert Sheaffer Christianity also stands in opposition to intellectual, as well as physical, health. To doubt becomes sin. 'Faith means not wanting to know what it true' a description that strikes me as stunning and quite exact. Robert Sheaffer atheist doubt mean The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires a considerable degree of free time, health, and an outlook of confident positivism. Thus, the religious authorities work hard to make and keep people feeling sinful, unworthy, and unhappy. Robert Sheaffer hard-work religious opportunity Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed enemy of human happiness. Such people end up being practically a curse upon the human race. They vandalize life, exerting themselves not in the pursuit of gain or pleasure, but to hinder others' enjoyment. Robert Sheaffer passion race sight To generate any appreciable degree of long-term affluence requires scrupulous honesty and the willingness to honor long-term agreements with employers, suppliers, partners, and especially customers. The flimflam artist may generate a few quick bucks through fraud or misrepresentation, but no successful and lasting business enterprise was ever founded on such principles. Robert Sheaffer honesty artist successful Eventually economic growth reaches the point at which the accumulation of wealth in the families of achievers becomes so significant that the hatred and envy of success become stronger than the desire for continued economic growth, and a period dominated by resentment begins. Robert Sheaffer envy growth hatred The series has been almost universally panned by serious UFO investigators for its sensationalist approach, however, it too has been extremely successful in bringing people into MUFON. Robert Sheaffer science MUFON proclaims its dedication to the scientific method in UFO investigations, but it seldom lives up to that ideal. Robert Sheaffer science The publicity from the Gulf Breeze photos was very good for MUFON, bringing in many new members. But this scandal prompted many experienced investigators to quit MUFON. Robert Sheaffer science Panels at the MUFON gathering were widely perceived as crackpot, especially with the crazy theme of a giant secret space programencountering aliens. Robert Sheaffer science There is nothing in this book to take seriously, as it depends on the belief that time travel is not only possible, but real. Robert Sheaffer So, according to Masters, you just spin something fast enough and it will begin to warp space, and even send stuff backwards in time. This is a highly dubious claim. Robert Sheaffer Similar Authors Christian McEwen freelance-writer Tim Leffel freelance-writer Robert Draper freelance-writer Rebecca Skloot freelance-writer All Authors