Monday, June 09, 2008
Religious Beliefs
All religious beliefs prompt rejection. Souls are reincarnated? Ridiculous. The Bible is divinely inspired? Dangerous nonsense. Muhammad is the prophet of God? Poppycock. Jesus rose from the dead? Absurd. It is the common fate of doctrines to be dismissed; you’d almost think that’s what they were made for.Alan Jacobs, Original Sin: A Cultural History, p. ix.
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All of these quotes and clippings are nice, but I wonder what your writings would sound like.
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