Two things that showed up in my RSS feed reader today. One a quote from Karl Popper:

Faith in reason is not only faith in our own reason but also — and even more — in that of others. Thus a rationalist, even if he believes himself to be intellectually superior to others, will reject all claims to authority since he is aware that, if his intelligence is superior to that of others (which is hard for him to judge), it is so only in so far as he is capable of learning from criticism as well as from his own and other people’s mistakes, and that one can learn in this sense only if one takes others and their arguments seriously. Rationalism is therefore bound up with the idea that the other fellow has a right to be heard, and to defend his arguments.

The other, the conclusion of a post by Christian apologist Metacrock attacking someone who left Christianity:

why would anyone go to the atheist camp to look for answers to their problems of faith? That in itself says “I want out of the faith.” that’s like going to the people who beat you up and robbed you for medical help.

A third quote is old, but worth posting to pre-empt any attempt by Metacrock to insist I’m distorting his words and Christians are too allowed to think for themselves:

In Modern Orthodox Judaism I have not heard much emphasis of the virtues of blind faith. You’re allowed to doubt. You’re just not allowed to successfully doubt.