Against Belligerent Dogmatism
“And the rigid and self-righteous certainty of some religious people—and some atheists, for that matter—is something I find disagreeable. The hubris of it. The sanctimoniousness. It leaves me cold. The more utterly unshakeable someone’s beliefs are, the more diminished they seem to become, because they have stopped questioning, and the not-questioning can sometimes be accompanied by an attitude of moral superiority. The belligerent dogmatism of the current cultural moment is a case in point. A bit of humility wouldn’t go astray.”
— Nick Cave and Seán O'Hagan, Faith, Love and Carnage
