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One for the Kids
May 24, 2013 at 7:46 am
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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RE: One for the Kids
May 25, 2013 at 2:01 am
Burning any book is just wrong, why would you do such a thing.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: One for the Kids
May 28, 2013 at 8:29 am
(May 25, 2013 at 2:01 am)Godschild Wrote: Burning any book is just wrong, why would you do such a thing.
For warmth of course! If the book had interesting ideas in it then it would continue to live in the reader's mind, only a book with ridiculous fairytales would actually cease to exist, and good riddance
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"Men see clearly enough the barbarity of all ages — except their own!" — Ernest Crosby.
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RE: One for the Kids
May 28, 2013 at 10:57 am
For warmth and sustenance is the ONLY reason I would burn a book. I would quite happily start with the Qur'an , Bible, Pentateuch then progress with the governmental laws/ by laws/ and absurdities.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
