(August 25, 2024 at 4:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 25, 2024 at 4:21 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: It is said that god best help those who help themselves.
Never understood that one - if I can help myself, why do I need God? Irish fishermen have a saying: 'Pray to God if you must, but it helps to row away from the rocks.'
Boru
I suppose it is tacit acknowledgment of the fact that god does not actually help anybody.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Socrates.
Mikhail Bakunin.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Socrates.