“Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all; who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us; who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”
~ Isaac Asimov
No.1 Sadly he isn't the only false prophet poeple are following in the world. Putin, XiJing Pin and Kim Jun Un are other ones too and very dangerous ones too.
ReplyDeleteAlways surprising to see the power grip those tugs have on their populations of blind followers.
OOPS! Fotgot to say that no.4 is so true. Time for USA to get rid of religious influences on your policies.
ReplyDeleteCanada and many other democratic countries are no more having links to some of their religious part.
Is USA no better than the Muslim countries ruled by the Shariah law?
Sometime I think that you aren't very much better when some states are still executing criminals, restraining women rights and gay rights or making some black and brown people as second zone citizens etc.. etc...
So much hate in USA which is sadly against the main Christian Jesus law of «LOVE», even your ennemy....
JiEL - Excellent points on both of your comments.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Isaac. And that fourth one is something that all politicians should adhere to.
ReplyDeleteThe diocese Bishop wrote an op-ed denigrating one of our US senators, who happens to be Catholic, for backing Roe v Wade. She took him to task for trying to insert religion into state affairs. Can't wait to cast my vote to reelect her!
ReplyDeletePat - Good for her!
ReplyDeleteVery Well Said, Mr. Asimov! The quote came out so nice Rick. Awesome!!
ReplyDeletefred - Thank you very much.
ReplyDeletechildish beliefs (Asimov). I use to think and say and write that religions represent the childhood of humanity
ReplyDeleteThe first one is based on the assumption that this prediction from the Bible should be of interest, therefore spreading a possible credibility to the whole fables' book.
ReplyDeleteNah. It doesn't add-up :-)
Echo: any politician referring to anything coming from a religious book as a justification of public policy should then be considered as a fable teller whose policies and goals are just fantasies and lies.
Laurent - The lies have gotten worse and worse in our politics.
ReplyDeleteNo shit, [Michael] Sherlock. Truer words were never spoken! It's an unfailing litmus test.
ReplyDeleteBertrand Russell? I thought that was Charlie Watts?!?
ReplyDeleteAnon@7:19pm - Their similarity is uncanny.
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