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November 22, 2023 at 4:14 pm
James Clyburn:"Nobody would have believed it now. But swastikas hung in churches throughout Germany. We had better be very careful.”
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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November 23, 2023 at 8:11 am
“Nothing new, nothing stimulating, came of my church experience ─ just an ongoing drone that served no other purpose than to deafen my ears. I came to the realization that having a mind opened by wonder is much more beautiful and exciting than a mind closed by belief.” (Sage Mauldin)
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November 23, 2023 at 11:02 am
(November 22, 2023 at 8:40 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (November 19, 2023 at 11:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Where would you rank Lyle Monroe?
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That's weird, I never heard of that nom de plume. T/Y
Dialed into Goodreads. I've read "Jerry Was A Man." I actually used that in a quip about the Jurassic Park movie after the one where the critters were on auction. I pointed out that in the next movie the little girl should be seen in a cell, reading "Jerry Was A Man."
I read once that Heinlein was ‘First Sword’ at the Naval Academy. I imagine his fencing was pretty good, too. 😉
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November 30, 2023 at 11:22 am
‘Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you will never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands.’ - Anthony Bourdain
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November 30, 2023 at 6:37 pm
‘Why is a mouse when it spins?’ - The Doctor
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December 1, 2023 at 9:01 am
"December is a month that is rife with nostalgia. If there's anything that is deep in your heart that you want to keep buried, you can count on December to bring it to the surface." (Lois Duncan)
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December 2, 2023 at 7:05 pm
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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December 11, 2023 at 12:30 am
"[Interviewer Andrew Sorkin] suggested Musk's brain is like a storm, but it sounded more like two cats fighting to get out of a duffle bag."
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December 11, 2023 at 6:21 am
‘Diapers and politicians must be changed often, and for the same reason.’ - Mark Twain
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