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Atheists & Agnostics

Rob H.

(5,351 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 05:16 PM Feb 2013

Wise words from Voltaire

Courtesy of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science's Facebook page:

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Wise words from Voltaire (Original Post) Rob H. Feb 2013 OP

First you have to take out the bastards who keep teaching the fools to revere the chains FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #1

K&R wish I could recommend your post idwiyo Feb 2013 #2

"Those who can . . ." another_liberal Feb 2013 #3

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

1. First you have to take out the bastards who keep teaching the fools to revere the chains

Reply to Rob H. (Original post)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 06:05 PM

Feb 2013

Then you have at least some chance of educating the fools.

As to those bastards, I won't mention any names, I'll just look at the church and whistle. (Archie Bunker reference)

I should emphasize: This includes the church of the Holy "Free" Market.

idwiyo

(5,113 posts)

2. K&R wish I could recommend your post

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 03:29 PM

Feb 2013

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)

3. "Those who can . . ."

Reply to FiveGoodMen (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 04:30 PM

Feb 2013

"Those who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire.

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