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RE: RIP thread
February 27, 2026 at 3:13 pm
Dan Simmons, the SF writer mostly known for Hyperion.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: RIP thread
February 27, 2026 at 3:34 pm
(February 27, 2026 at 3:13 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Dan Simmons, the SF writer mostly known for Hyperion.
Simmons must have been a VERY forgiving man, since was a longtime friend of Harlan Ellison.
Ellison was an enormously skilled writer, but he was also - let’s be honest - a dick.
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RE: RIP thread
February 27, 2026 at 8:23 pm
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RE: RIP thread
February 27, 2026 at 9:43 pm
Apparently, a growing number of high ranking Taliban.
Never, in my wildest dreams, and I have some SERIOUSLY wild dreams, did I ever think I'd been cheering on Pakistan!!
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RE: RIP thread
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(February 27, 2026 at 9:43 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Apparently, a growing number of high ranking Taliban.
Never, in my wildest dreams, and I have some SERIOUSLY wild dreams, did I ever think I'd been cheering on Pakistan!!
There's a guy who has solved many, many wars (some of which never even happened). I'm sure he can sort this out in 'two weeks'.
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