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Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 10, 2023 at 11:39 am
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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: Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 10, 2023 at 12:13 pm
Some folk are weird!
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RE: Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 11, 2023 at 5:39 pm
Guilt is a powerful motivator for such things.
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RE: Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 12, 2023 at 10:26 am
Ah, good old religious psychosis. The first step toward realizing there is more to reality than meets the eye.
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RE: Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 12, 2023 at 10:34 am
(September 12, 2023 at 10:27 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: (September 12, 2023 at 10:26 am)Ahriman Wrote: Ah, good old religious psychosis. The first step toward realizing there is more to reality than meets the eye.
Is there anything?
Sure there is.
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RE: Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 12, 2023 at 11:02 am
Ears?
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RE: Religious psychosis of Gene Wilder
September 12, 2023 at 12:24 pm
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(September 12, 2023 at 10:38 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: (September 12, 2023 at 10:34 am)Ahriman Wrote: Sure there is.
What?
There is more to reality than meets the eye. I know there is. Apprehending that, might very well require some form of mental illness.
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