(September 27, 2013 at 4:59 pm)John V Wrote:(September 27, 2013 at 4:04 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: You seem to be stuck on the erroneous assumption that because the majority, millions of people, believe in something that what they believe in must be true.No, he said that if the majority believe in something, then that belief is not crazy. And he's correct.
So mankind believing in slavery until the 18th century was not crazy, and treating women like shit until the 20th century was just fine, too? I beg to differ. Gay suppression doesn't sound crazy to many religious people now, but in 50 years, it will be seen as crazy. It's called evolution.
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- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
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- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
