tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8929472119591700358..comments2024-03-29T10:10:40.315-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: See you in church ... oops, no I won’tNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36561925424687088522021-04-08T09:23:39.721-05:002021-04-08T09:23:39.721-05:00To me, organized religion occurs when superstitiou...To me, organized religion occurs when superstitious behavior meets mob mentality.<br />However, as Neil points out, sometimes it does great things... other times, not so much.<br />I believe in the one commandment: Don't hurt anything.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-757457967039789292021-04-07T23:58:29.829-05:002021-04-07T23:58:29.829-05:00Years ago, perhaps before you discovered EGD, Tom ...Years ago, perhaps before you discovered EGD, Tom would often include germane quotations from a wide variety of sources with his comments. When asked how he always seemed to have an appropriate selection for whatever Neil's topic was, he told us that he had compiled his own compendium of noteworthy passages or quotes over time as he discovered them, and that he called the notebook in which he recorded them his mish-mash book. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51007843457570071632021-04-07T20:22:27.450-05:002021-04-07T20:22:27.450-05:00the mish- mash book?the mish- mash book?FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57060735287549949032021-04-07T13:14:47.083-05:002021-04-07T13:14:47.083-05:00The sooner religion & its absurd beliefs go aw...The sooner religion & its absurd beliefs go away, the better off we will all be.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86179062467148588392021-04-07T11:17:46.150-05:002021-04-07T11:17:46.150-05:003 pertinent selections from the mish-mash book. N...3 pertinent selections from the mish-mash book. Nice, Tom.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42897392285242977262021-04-07T10:26:38.507-05:002021-04-07T10:26:38.507-05:00This was, of course, a big deal among the Founding...This was, of course, a big deal among the Founding Fathers.<br /> "Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused<br /> by differences of sentiments in religion are the most inveterate, and ought <br /> most to be deprecated." George Washington<br /><br /> "In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty." Thomas Jefferson<br /><br />And about the conformity of thinking religion demands De Tocqueville had this to say: "The effect of the tyranny of the majority in America is to trace a formidable circle around thought. I know of no country in which there is less independence of spirit and true freedom of expression than in America."<br /><br />Tom<br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77882369296080254802021-04-07T09:59:23.638-05:002021-04-07T09:59:23.638-05:00Sometimes it seems that as more people become norm...Sometimes it seems that as more people become normal the craziness of the true believers increases, like there is the same amount of religiosity out there but it’s getting concentrated in fewer brains.J. Pabsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566801024154623288noreply@blogger.com