carlsonjok
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| Quote (FrankH @ Mar. 15 2009,15:26) | | Their mindset is one of predetermined correctness. They "know" their god's correct. They "know" their interpretation of this god's works is accurate and binding. |
Which reminds me of some poetry I read that is applicable to the folks over at UD (and I don't even need to tard it up):
| Quote | So men, awake but dreaming, dare to claim,
believing it or not, they speak the truth -
though the hypocrite's is the greater sin and shame.
You mortals do not walk a single way
in your philosophies, but let the thought
of being acclaimed as wise lead you astray.
Yet Heaven bears even this with less offense
than it must feel when it sees Holy Writ
neglected, or perverted of all sense.
They do not count what blood and agony
planted it in the world, nor Heaven's pleasure
in those who search it in humility.
Each man, to show off, strains at some absurd
invented truth; and it is these the preachers
make sermons of; and the Gospel is not heard. |
- Dante Alighieri, Paradisio, Canto XXIX, 82-96
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It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it. We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)
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