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The great wisdom of Poverty
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 RE: The great wisdom of Poverty
January 18, 2016 at 7:42 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2016 at 7:43 am by Alex K.)
(January 18, 2016 at 7:41 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 7:34 am)Alex K Wrote: Well hello Mr. Nietzsche, how's it going? Oh well, it could be worse, eh?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
 RE: The great wisdom of Poverty
January 18, 2016 at 7:47 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2016 at 7:54 am by ApeNotKillApe.)
(January 18, 2016 at 7:42 am)Alex K Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 7:41 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Still dead. No, I'm dead.
I am John Cena's hip-hop album.
 (January 18, 2016 at 7:34 am)Alex K Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 7:27 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Religions make a virtue of poverty. Christ came to the starving and desperate and convinced them that their suffering was somehow moral in itself, he didn't teach them how to change, how to grow, he only ever taught them that their toil would be rewarded, that their dead children were waiting for them at a special farm. He taught them complacency and submission. Nietzsche? Hell even Shakespeare saw the folly of life "flurry of activity signifying nothing". I see nothing wrong with pointing out how religion poisons human thought and gets humans to go against their own self interests. Now to be fair, this applies to all religion. No you cant force it out of existence. But it does set up social pecking orders, not based on any real power through democracy, but power based on fantasy, ritual and old crap. Religion is nothing more than an excuse humans make to set up social pecking orders. It has no real value in a pragmatic sense. It is mere gap filling. RE: The great wisdom of Poverty
January 18, 2016 at 8:00 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2016 at 8:01 am by Alex K.)
Why do you think it is criticism when I compare a statement to Nietzsche? It just struck me as something he would have said, and I always enjoy reading him.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
(January 18, 2016 at 7:47 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 7:42 am)Alex K Wrote: Oh well, it could be worse, eh? Right... right... ... well you know what they say, things can only get better!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
(January 18, 2016 at 8:00 am)Alex K Wrote: Why do you think it is criticism when I compare a statement to Nietzsche? It just struck me as something he would have said, and I always enjoy reading him. Ok, got it now. Sorry, but you do get some people jumping on critics of religion even atheists, as well intended as they are in trying to protect human rights. I wont say "my bad", I've always hated that. I always want to respond "Did you purchase that bad at Walmart? Do you have a receipt for that bad?"
I don't particularly like the phrase either. I'm not sure I've ever used it.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
RE: The great wisdom of Poverty
January 18, 2016 at 8:15 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2016 at 8:23 am by ApeNotKillApe.)
(January 18, 2016 at 8:03 am)Alex K Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 7:47 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: No, I'm dead. Not sure, actually. You remember I said 'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger'? Well I sort of caught my proverbial ankle on that first hurdle (in addition to my actual ankle along with the rest of my physical being) and now I'm struggling to even locate the second hurdle, if you catch my meaning. I'm rather stuck for what to do.
I am John Cena's hip-hop album.
You guys made this thread worth reading!
RE: The great wisdom of Poverty
January 18, 2016 at 8:49 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2016 at 8:58 am by Alex K.)
(January 18, 2016 at 8:15 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:(January 18, 2016 at 8:03 am)Alex K Wrote: Right... right... ... well you know what they say, things can only get better! That's an unfortunate loss. There's always hoping that God exists though. A lot of people seem pretty convinced.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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