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One Nation under god
July 21, 2015 at 3:29 pm
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: One Nation under god
July 21, 2015 at 4:23 pm
The book the student is holding is Skousen's The Five Thousand Year Leap, Skousen's contribution to the 'U.S. is a Christian nation' genre. Glen Beck plugs this book which is enough for me to never pick it up. Cleon Skousen was an ultra-conservative Mormon.
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RE: One Nation under god
July 21, 2015 at 4:24 pm
I have almost zero interest in didactic art, loathed this painting the first time I saw it, and now loathe the "artist" for his ham-fisted defense of the painting as seen in his point-by-point screed below it. Fuck him.
On a lighter note, I think it was Bill Maher who lampooned this on his show a while back, wondering if the boy pointing to the document in Jesus' hand was looking at a Catholic Church's settlement offer. If so, it might be the only honest aspect of the work.
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RE: One Nation under god
July 21, 2015 at 7:44 pm
(July 21, 2015 at 3:57 pm)Minimalist Wrote: But xtians love to lie to themselves to make them feel better about being stupid, I guess.
Beat me too it.
That's a really stupid painting.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
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RE: One Nation under god
July 21, 2015 at 7:58 pm
But the shitheads will eat it up.
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RE: One Nation under god
July 21, 2015 at 8:10 pm
Christian revisionism at its finest.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: One Nation under god
July 22, 2015 at 3:41 am
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2015 at 3:57 am by ignoramus.)
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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