(July 2, 2015 at 6:42 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: Why aren't there any 'prophets' on your list? You could stop entire religions. Well, that assumes stated dogmatist exists. But I don't want derail the topic by discussing whether or not particular people existed.
A waste of time and effort. There would always be another to fill the gap. And if they did not exist in the first place, how would you stop that? Hearsay, rumor, skuttlebutt, gossip, bullshit, etc., travel faster than the speed of light.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy