“Eppur si muove” (and yet it moves) ; …the phrase Galileo is said to have uttered after being forced to recant his statement that the earth moves.
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gods offer no rewards for intellect (M. Twain)
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Authors and People, Dog BLOG, Quotes
“The gods offer no rewards for intellect. There was never one yet that showed any interest in it.” — Mark Twain
Read MoreAfter careful consideration, …this person keeping score is me.
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Authors and People, Dog BLOG, Quotes
“I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought. Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of. I believe they know everything that I do […]
Read MoreForget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.
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Authors and People, Dog BLOG, Quotes
“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements – […]
Read MoreHitchens’ Ten Commandments are a better code to live by
…exerpt from Vanity Fair article : I am trying my best not to view things through a smug later prism. Only the Almighty can scan matters sub specie aeternitatis: from the viewpoint of eternity. One must also avoid cultural and historical relativism: there’s no point in retroactively ordering the Children of Israel to develop a germ […]
Read MoreMark Twain’s Review of the Book of Mormon
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Authors and People, Dog BLOG, Mormons
See source; http://www.mrm.org/topics/documents-speeches/mark-twains-review-book-mormon . . . Copied from chapter 16 of Roughing It. All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the “elect” have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such […]
Read More“I’ve been praying for you.”
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Authors and People, Dog BLOG
– – – – from “Thank Goodness!” – Daniel C. Dennett, reflecting on events following [heart problems]) What do I say to those of my religious friends (and I have quite a few religious friends) who have had the … honesty to tell me that they have been praying for me? I have gladly forgiven […]
Read MoreGood Intentions as a Virtue
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Authors and People, Dog BLOG
– – – – from “Thank Goodness!” – Daniel C. Dennett, reflecting on events following [heart problems]) One thing in particular struck me when i compared the medical world on which my life depended with the religious institutions I have been studying so intensely in recent years. One of the gentler, more supportive themes to […]
Read MoreObjectivism (philosophy) vs. Christianity
Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, vs. Christianity Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, provides a code of morality suitable for living successfully and happily on earth. Objectivism holds that reality is real, that reason is man’s only means of knowing it and that one should act in one’s own rational self-interest, with rationality being […]
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Christopher Hitchens, Dog BLOG, Things that make you go hmmmmm.
today during church (while in church) i read a few pieces from ARGUABLY(christopher hitchens’ collection of articles) including one about water boarding and his personal experience with it. I agree with the article’s ultimate point. (And I think that George W. Bush was a sad president; i found him misinformed and uninformed, and totally in […]
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