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September 3, 2023 at 12:35 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
September 3, 2023 at 1:55 pm
(August 17, 2023 at 7:43 am)polymath257 Wrote: Aquinas was high middles ages, when BS reigned supreme, but not Reformation, when it became really dangerous.
Aquinas: "Here's a bag of apples."
Kant: "It's empty."
Aquinas: "Nevertheless, it is a bag of apples, only with zero apples."
Kant: "It's just an empty bag."
Aquinas: "No, it is a bag of apples that falls short of perfection because the quantity of apples happens to be zero."
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September 4, 2023 at 2:01 am
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
September 4, 2023 at 3:32 am
The twists and turns of religious chicanery is absolutely dizzying.
Their god isn't at fault for anything, yet is responsible for everything.
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September 4, 2023 at 11:20 pm
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
September 6, 2023 at 12:37 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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September 6, 2023 at 12:03 pm
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
September 7, 2023 at 2:42 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
September 7, 2023 at 7:18 am
(September 7, 2023 at 2:42 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: ![[Image: uez3qS6P_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/58/00/uez3qS6P_o.jpg)
I can think of a few Catholic nuns I'd like to forward that picture to, but they're probably all dead by now.
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RE: "Laughing At Religion" Meme Thread
September 7, 2023 at 6:55 pm
(September 7, 2023 at 2:42 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: ![[Image: uez3qS6P_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/58/00/uez3qS6P_o.jpg)
...and Monday, and Tuesday, and Thursday, and Friday, and Saturday.
I take Wednesday off, for Jenna Ortega.
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