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2 Genesis, Chapter 41 -- "dream, dream, dream" --
Children are born without any perception
of historic tribal religious cultures.
It is we who allocate children
religious labels
with which to segregate themselves.
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of historic tribal religious cultures.
It is we who allocate children
religious labels
with which to segregate themselves.
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2 Genesis, Chapter 40 -- "dream a little dream" --
"To the scientist the word 'supernatual' is a contradiction.
Everything that is in the universe is natural;
the supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
And that which is called the supernatural is often the figment
of a disordered, undisciplined or undeveloped imagination."
-- Elbert Hubbard --
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Everything that is in the universe is natural;
the supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
And that which is called the supernatural is often the figment
of a disordered, undisciplined or undeveloped imagination."
-- Elbert Hubbard --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 39 - hell hath no fury --
"For most of the history of our species, we were helpless to understand how nature works.
We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally.
We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.
-- Ann Druyan --
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We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally.
We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.
-- Ann Druyan --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 38 - and now for something completely different --
"When the white missionaries came to Africa,
they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
-- Desmond Tutu --
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they had the Bible and we had the land.
They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes.
When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
-- Desmond Tutu --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 37 - the technicolor dream coat --
"The Church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round,
for I have seen the shadow on the moon,
and I have more faith in a shadow, than in the church.
-- Ferdinand Magellan --
(1480 - 1521)
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for I have seen the shadow on the moon,
and I have more faith in a shadow, than in the church.
-- Ferdinand Magellan --
(1480 - 1521)
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2 Genesis, Chapter 36 - all Esau's chillun --
"Where is the graveyard of dead gods?
What lingering mourner waters their mounds?"
-- H. L. Menken --
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What lingering mourner waters their mounds?"
-- H. L. Menken --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 35 - the miscellaneous chapter --
"I am not religious so that I have no apprehension of a hereafter,
either a hope of reward or a fear of punishment."
-- John Steinbeck --
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either a hope of reward or a fear of punishment."
-- John Steinbeck --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 34 - there goes the neighborhood --
"If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon
their young into an artificial conformity;
but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth,
irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences."
-- H. P. Lovecraft --
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their young into an artificial conformity;
but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth,
irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences."
-- H. P. Lovecraft --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 33 - brotherly love
"IF there be gods we cannot help them,
but we can assist our fellow men.
We cannot love the inconceivable,
but we can love wife and child and friend.
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but we can assist our fellow men.
We cannot love the inconceivable,
but we can love wife and child and friend.
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2 Genesis, Chapter 32 - SMACKDOWN!
"Insanity is believing your hallucinations are real.
Religion is believing that other people's hallucinations are real."
-- Dan Barker --
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Religion is believing that other people's hallucinations are real."
-- Dan Barker --
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