“I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon and I try to avoid it. On the other hand, I recognize that it’s a significant part of the lives of others, with mixed effects.”–Noam Chomsky, “Burkini Bans, New Atheism and State Worship: Noam Chomsky on Religion in Politics” http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37424-burkini-bans-new-atheism-and-state-worship-noam-chomsky-on-religion-in-politics
Some of my lily-livered friends and even some family members are starting to quiver and shake like the breasts of a sumo wrestler in a bumper car competition at the absurd notion that Donald Trump may actually win the Presidency. My wife won’t even turn the TV on anymore and forbids me to turn it … More Trumpophobia
“MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.” ― … More Quote of the Day
“The good Christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell.” — Saint Augustine
“In a little while you will have forgotten everything; in a little while everything will have forgotten you. ”— Marcus Aurelius
“It isn’t death, pain, exile or anything else you care to mention that accounts for the way we act, only our opinion about death, pain and the rest.”–Epictetus
“Perhaps the most extraordinary popular delusion about violence of the past quarter-century is that it is caused by low self-esteem. That theory has been endorsed by dozens of prominent experts, has inspired school programs designed to get kids to feel better about themselves, and in the late 1980s led the California legislature to form a … More Quote of the Day
No Harm Spilt 