tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post7431771843008366246..comments2023-05-05T07:13:41.889-04:00Comments on Corruption-free Anguilla: IntoleranceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-82846701122469111642010-02-04T21:11:43.624-04:002010-02-04T21:11:43.624-04:00Live a good life.
If there are gods and they are...Live a good life. <br /><br />If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. <br /><br />If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. <br /><br />If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. <br /><br />- Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and writer (AD121-180)Marcus Aureliusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-34798939086577614482010-01-07T17:14:16.960-04:002010-01-07T17:14:16.960-04:00"Religion is the Opiate of the Masses""Religion is the Opiate of the Masses"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-59696992414916653192010-01-05T18:53:22.513-04:002010-01-05T18:53:22.513-04:00www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDHJ4ztnldQwww.youtube.com/watch?v=zDHJ4ztnldQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-54302484023812767402010-01-05T18:17:11.118-04:002010-01-05T18:17:11.118-04:00Dear Don,
As a Christian agnostic. I endorse your...Dear Don,<br /><br />As a Christian agnostic. I endorse your view that healthy skepticism of anything is both healthy and useful and fully support your condemnation of religious charlatanry wherever it exists. <br /><br />Yet I think your wholesale condemnation of all religion as superstitious nonsense may have been not only cavalier but less than a respectful, well considered philosophic sweep. The eminent and brilliant if controversial Lord Chief Justice Denning, for example, would have held the opposite view because he felt, and was not alone in his conviction, that the tenets of all legal systems were rooted in the moral foundations of religion. <br /><br />Isn’t it not a logical syllogism for you, Don, like him trained in that same law, to proclaim it the child of superstitious nonsense? Granted, superstition it may be. But in this context, nonsense?<br /><br />All the best!<br /><br />ANONYMOUS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-29747348416924221072010-01-05T09:32:02.697-04:002010-01-05T09:32:02.697-04:00Religion is "what one tries to do for God&quo...Religion is "what one tries to do for God". It is not to be confused with what God has done for mankind. I agree that much of the world's ills are to be laid to the foot of religion. <br /><br />Those who share Don's atheistic views may give him comfort and may derive comfort from someone who shares their views. They must hope they are correct. I am afraid to say more before I am censored by Don.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-40703843393050041982010-01-05T06:25:29.806-04:002010-01-05T06:25:29.806-04:00Religion is regarded by the common people as true,...Religion is regarded by the common people as true,<br />by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful - SenecaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-909433167469758822010-01-05T06:24:44.310-04:002010-01-05T06:24:44.310-04:00Our political platforms are infested with calls fo...Our political platforms are infested with calls for a return to Christianity. If you want a nation ruled by religion, move to Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-28811522831677741332010-01-04T21:43:21.093-04:002010-01-04T21:43:21.093-04:00Don,
Thanks for saying what needs to be said, aga...Don,<br /><br />Thanks for saying what needs to be said, again and again and again.<br /><br />And, Anonymous, Don was right about the 70 virgins,since i have it on good authority that, because of the ever greater paucity of virgins, the reward now stands at 70 undeflowered maidens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-51584190643680365372010-01-04T17:22:01.352-04:002010-01-04T17:22:01.352-04:00Wasn't it 72 white raisins instead of 72 virgi...Wasn't it 72 white raisins instead of 72 virgins?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-9091666582149107232010-01-04T16:21:09.275-04:002010-01-04T16:21:09.275-04:00This is the last time I publish any superstitious ...This is the last time I publish any superstitious ravings on this site. I want no Hindu, Muslim, Bhuddist, or Voodoo rejoinders. Though, personally, I prefer the Sikhs.<br /><br />Sorry for the strong language. I believe all religion is superstitious nonsense, mainly designed to give old men power over other people by manipulating their fears of the darkness and inevitable death. It is not to be encouraged, especially in young and impressionable minds.<br /><br />IDMidmitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966173951425644722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-50991089827002291142010-01-04T13:23:41.166-04:002010-01-04T13:23:41.166-04:00Don, I trust you will post this opposing view in t...Don, I trust you will post this opposing view in the spirit of tolerance. It comes from the book of I John Chapter 5 in the Bible. It matters not whether Jesus was born in December or April. What matters is whether you and your readers believe that He came and is the Son of God. You may not believe that the earth revolves around the sun, your unbelief does not in any way affect the earth's rotation. It sounds to me like those who dont believe are imposing a death sentence on themselves, because they shoose not to believe. And there are no appeals in heaven. Your choice. I choose life. <br /><br />"6This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that testify: 8the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-50714635761771663542010-01-04T08:58:24.560-04:002010-01-04T08:58:24.560-04:00Thanks Don, I needed that this morning! - ScottyThanks Don, I needed that this morning! - ScottyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37949944.post-81402269659461453232010-01-03T12:16:42.866-04:002010-01-03T12:16:42.866-04:00Don you have understated things a bit. It is 72 v...Don you have understated things a bit. It is 72 virgins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com