(September 29, 2012 at 11:25 am)Polaris Wrote: Well guess you have never been a member of a club where they have dues.
How many other clubs convince you that your soul is in danger of eternal torture and punishment if redemption is not sought while simultaneously denying your ability to gain that redemption if you do not pay a fee? That's extortion, plain and simple.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell