Ideas Have Consequences, And Totally Erroneous Ideas

Thousands Of Years Ago Only Christ Could Walk On The Water. Today Anybody Can Do It; You Just Step On The Garbage.

God Is By Definition The Holder Of All Possible Knowledge, It Would Be Impossible For Him To Have Faith In Anything. Faith, Then, Is Built Upon Ignorance And Hope.

I Cannot See How It Can Be Argued That One Should Speak In Tones Of Reverence And Awe About The Alleged Divine Instruction-in Psalms-to Grab The Defenseless Bodies Of Innocent Infants And Dash Their Brains Out Against The Nearest Rocks Or Walls.

The Bible Is Unfortunately Unclear On A Long List Of Moral And Social Questions And Sex Is One Of Them. On The One Hand, There Are Expressions Of Admiration For The Reportedly Virgin Mother Of Jesus, But Other Portions Of Scripture Speak Quite Accommodatingly Of Polygamy.

Impartial Observers From Other Planets Would Consider Ours An Utterly Bizarre Enclave If It Were Populated By Birds, Defined As Flying Animals, That Nevertheless Rarely Or Never Actually Flew. They Would Also Be Perplexed If They Encountered In Our Seas, Lakes, Rivers, And Ponds, Creatures Defined As Swimmers That Never Did Any Swimming. But They Would Be Even More Surprised To Encounter A Species Defined As A Thinking Animal If, In Fact, The Creature Very Rarely Indulged In Actual Thinking.