(March 16, 2010 at 11:11 pm)Arcanus Wrote:H. L. Mencken Wrote:It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good ...
It is? By whom, and where?
(Alas, he's dead so he can't answer.)
Even George Washington made such silly statements.
Quote:“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
Washington was a great man and a deist so he can be forgiven that little bit of stupidity.
Nonetheless, I agree with you that it is a shame Mencken is no longer with us. We could really use him now.
