The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking. Not by accident does Genesis 3 make the father of knowledge a serpent -- slimy, sneaking and abominable. Since the earliest days the church as an organization has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind of man. It has been, at all times and everywhere, the habitual and incorrigible defender of bad governments, bad laws, bad social theories, bad institutions. It was, for centuries, an apologist for slavery, as it was the apologist for the divine right of kings.
-- H.L. Mencken
Thursday, May 31, 2007
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
-- Bertrand Russell
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
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Sen. Danforth: There is nothing on the face of the album which would notify you if the record has pornographics material or material glorifying violence?
Tipper Gore: No, there is nothing that would suggest that to me.
Frank Zappa: I would say that a buzz saw blade between the guy's legs on the album cover is good indication that it's not for little Johnny.
-- The Senate Commerce Committee hearing on rock lyrics, from The Village Voice, 6 Oct 1985
Monday, May 28, 2007
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
-- Emo Philips
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
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Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.
-- Jack Handey
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
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Someday, Weederman, we'll look back on all this and laugh... It will probably be one of those deep, eerie ones that slowly builds to a blood-curdling maniacal scream... but still it will be a laugh.
-- Mister Boffo
Monday, May 21, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
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The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.
-- Mark Twain
Saturday, May 19, 2007
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I like a cold because I get to do my favorite drug, which is NyQuil. I love that stuff. What do the rest of you use? Robitussin? Robitussin, why do you bother? Non-narcotic sissy pansy bullshit! NyQuil's the best thing I've ever read on a medicine package, '180 Proof.' It's the moonshine of medicine. You can buy it on a holiday! When I got a cold, I want something that's gonna fuck me up! Cause that way the blur seems interesting... NyQuil comes in two colors, red and green. It's the only thing on the planet that tastes like...red and green. And red and green are what? Christmas colors! That's right, NyQuil makes a dandy eggnog. Oh yeah, my friends bitched through the whole party, 'This tastes like shit!' But at the end of it, we had a fun sleepover.
-- Lewis Black
Friday, May 18, 2007
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that, too.
-- W. Somerset Maugham
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Quote of the Day
I'm about to write you a reality check! Or would you prefer the cold, hard cash of truth?
-- The Tick
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Sham Harga had run a succesful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and realizing that most of his customers wanted meals properly balanced between the four food groups: sugar, starch, grease, and burnt crunchy bits.
-- Terry Pratchett (Men at Arms)
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.
-- Penn Jillette
Monday, May 14, 2007
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Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics.
-- Albert Camus
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Quote of the Day
Its name is Public Opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
-- Mark Twain
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Quote of the Day
I'm condemned by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure!
-- Max Bialystock
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
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I have a switch in my apartment that doesn't do anything. Every once in a while I turn it on and off. On and off. On and off. One day I got a call from a woman in France who said "Cut it out!"
-- Stephen Wright
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
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Yes, honey...Just squeeze your rage up into a bitter little ball and release it at an appropriate time, like that day I hit the referee with the whiskey bottle.
-- Homer J. Simpson
Monday, May 07, 2007
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Archie was the bitch and Jughead was the butch. That's why he was always going around wearing that crown-looking hat. He was the king of queen Archie's world.
-- Hooper LaMont
Sunday, May 06, 2007
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We would like to apologize for the way in which politicians are represented in this programme. It was never our intention to imply that politicians are weak-kneed, political time-servers who are more concerned with their personal vendettas and private power struggles than the problems of government, nor to suggest at any point that they sacrifice their credibility by denying free debate on vital matters in the mistaken impression that party unity comes before the well-being of the people they supposedly represent, nor to imply at any stage that they are squabbling little toadies without an ounce of concern for the vital social problems of today. Nor indeed do we intend that viewers should consider them as crabby ulcerous little self-seeking vermin with furry legs and an excessive addiction to alcohol and certain explicit sexual practices which some people might find offensive. We are sorry if this impression has come across.
-- Monty Python
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Quote of the Day
The argument that the literal story of Genesis can qualify as science collapses on three major grounds: the creationists' need to invoke miracles in order to compress the events of the earth's history into the biblical span of a few thousand years; their unwillingness to abandon claims clearly disproved, including the assertion that all fossils are products of Noah's flood; and their reliance upon distortion, misquote, half-quote, and citation out of context to characterize the ideas of their opponents.
-- Stephen Jay Gould ("The Verdict on Creationism", The Skeptical Inquirer, Winter 87/88, pg. 186)
Friday, May 04, 2007
Quote of the Day
Ah, the college roadtrip. What better way to spread beer-fueled mayhem?
-- Homer J. Simpson
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Quote of the Day
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
-- Henry David Thoreau
THE HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA
6:00 am: Gym
8:00 am: Breakfast (oatmeal, egg whites and mimosas)
9:00 am: Hair appointment (full-body or head only)
10:00 am: Shopping (preferably at Neiman's or Saks)
12:00 pm: Brunch
2:00 pm: Assume complete control of the U.S. Federal, state, and local governments, as well as all other forms of world government, destroy all healthy intersex marriages, replace all school counsellors in grades K-12 with agents from Colo mbian and Jamaican drug cartels, bulldoze all houses of worship, secure total control of the Internet and all mass media.
2:15 pm: Be fabulous
2:30 pm: Mud mask and forty winks of beauty rest to prevent facial wrinkles from the stress of world conquest.
3:00 pm: Redecorate
4:00 pm: Cocktails
6:00 pm: Light Dinner (soup, salad with romaine, radicchio, arugula, and balsamic vinaigrette dressing, and Pouilly Fuisse).
8:00 pm: Theatre
10:30 pm: "Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight!"
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Quote of the Day
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
-- Orson Welles
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Quote of the Day
Frankenstein was the creator, not the monster. It's a common misconception, held by all truly stupid people.
-- Kryten 2X4B 523P
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