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2 Genesis, Chapter 9 - somewhere, under the rainbow
"Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense."
-- Chapman Cohen --
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-- Chapman Cohen --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 8 - The "Minnow" has landed!
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers, as useful."
-- Seneca --
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-- Seneca --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 7 - the three-hour tour
"Why should I allow that same god to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown his own?"
-- Bertrand Russell --
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-- Bertrand Russell --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 6 (Part 5) "Noah - how long can you tread water?" --Bill Cosby--
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him god?"
-- Epicurus --
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-- Epicurus --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 6 (Part 4) - rain, rain, go away....
"Whatever we cannot easily understand, we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues....Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination."
-- Edward Abbey --
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-- Edward Abbey --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 6 (Part 3) - water, water everywhere....
"If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood, or persuaded of afterward, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the reading of books and the company of men that call in question or discuss it...the life of that man is one long sin against mankind."
-- William Kingdon Clifford --
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-- William Kingdon Clifford --
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2 Genesis, Chapter 6 (Part 2) - Didn't it rain, rain, rain....?
"It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. If such a board actually exists, it operates precisely like the board of a corporation that is losing money."
-- H. L. Mencken --
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-- H. L. Mencken --
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