InfiniteNow Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion.- US President, James Buchanan The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum.- Havelock Ellis Q: Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?A: Then he is not omnipotent. Q: Is he able, but not willing?A: Then he is malevolent. Q: Is God both able and willing?A: Then whence cometh evil? Q: Is he neither able nor willing?A:: Then why call him God? Why should I fear death?If I am then death is not. If death is, I am not.Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?-Epicurus Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear.Religions tyranny did domineer.At length, the mighty one of GreeceBegan to assert the liberty of man. -Lucretius, Ode to Epicurus Fear is the mother of all gods.Nature does all things spontaneously by herselfWithout their meddling.- Lucretius A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider God-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.- Aristotle In this subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is, do the gods exist or do they not? It is difficult, you will say, to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly. But in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so. -Cicero Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.-Seneca My earlier views on the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation have become clearer and stronger with advancing years.- US President, Abraham Lincoln Turtle and Michaelangelica 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Mathematics is the highest rung on the ladder of human achievement. - Havelock Ellis - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Mathematics is the highest rung on the ladder of human achievement. - Havelock Ellis -I would have thought Havelock Ellis would have said sex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 I would have thought Havelock Ellis would have said sex? Lol... Sometimes it's just 1 + 1. :hyper: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerseun Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 "If you have sex with your clone, are you gay or masturbating?" - some forum somewhere...:phones: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 "If you have sex with your clone, are you gay or masturbating?" - some forum somewhere...:)Hard question “I am brilliant and charming. You are overly talkative. He is disgustingly drunk.”Dan M. at the Cruise Room explaining the contrary effects of five martinis on three different people. “Either you’re too drunk or I’m too sober.”Sara N. attempting to get to the bottom of why she can’t understand a friend’s conversation. “I went out last night and didn’t drink a drop.I talked all night and in the morning I remembered everything I said.It was horrifying.”Juan R. explaining his third shot of the afternoon at Swanky’s. Of course, the best, was my mother-in-law, who, after eating all our Grand Mainer Ice desert, told my brother-in-law:-"Your drunk! Your all blurry!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Mathematics subtends art. - Roger Thelonious George - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Mathematics subtends art. Give me a break! mathamaticians are worse than JWs "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See"" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. - Warren Buffett quoting Mark Twain *(Charlie Rose interview) *There is apparently little to no evidence Twain said this >The Volokh Conspiracy - "History Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 “There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.” It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. -- Havelock Ellis An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. -- Mohandas Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerseun Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 "Er..." - Rincewind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteNow Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 As soon as you discard scientific rigor, you are no longer a mathemician... you're a numerologist!-- Sol Robeson, as played by Mark Margolis, in the film [math]\pi[/math] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerseun Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 "Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.Engineers believe if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enought features yet." - Scott Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 "Life is not a quiz; being right, is better than being swift"- Robin Williams.2007 On education and learning-"Boys are treading water in a sea of BLAGH"-Jennifer Riggs, 2007See new thread "How we learn" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Ethiopian proverb: "when the lord passes, the wise peasent bows deeply and silent farts" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Ethiopian proverb: "when the lord passes, the wise peasant bows deeply and silent farts" I like it. lol DEFINITION OF A PATIENT"A convenient device for delivering a disease to a doctor"heard onhttp://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/aim_20070526.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 “May those who love us, love us;and those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts;and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.”-Irish Blessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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