Monday, April 03, 2006

And from this derives all those crimes of religion which have overrun the world.



"Formerly there were those who said: You believe things that are incomprehensible, inconsistent, impossible because we have commanded you to believe them; go then and do what is unjust because we command it. Such people show admirable reasoning. Truly, whoever is able to make you absurd is able to make you unjust. If the God-given understanding of your mind does not resist a demand to believe what is impossible, then you will not resist a demand to do wrong to that God-given sense of justice in your heart. As soon as one faculty of your soul has been dominated, other faculties will follow as well. And from this derives all those crimes of religion which have overrun the world."

VOLTAIRE

Comments:
You're all welcome to your belief systems. I just don't think that the division of the world into hostile sects is a particularly good thing. Intelligent people can often believe crazy things, and I will just have to live with that - hopefully.
 
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