Thought for the Day #19

Posted by: Chris L
in Church and Society, Commentary
7
Jul

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.

-Blaise Pascal

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1   Chris P.    
July 7th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

You ought to know.

2   Chris L    http://www.fishingtheabyss.com/
July 7th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Aye, we do. We observe evidence of it every day in the cheerful putrescence put forth by CR?N, Apprising “Ministries”, etc., etc…

3   nc    
July 7th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

in 4 simple words, “god” in Chris P has embodied Pascal’s point.

breath taking…

congrats, Chris P…there is none like you.

4   Rick Frueh    http://judahslion.blogspot.com/
July 7th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

In my limited frame of reference, there is no blog that exhibits this so exhaustively as SoL. At least she is the best at something.

Even hospitalization and the joy of a coming birth doesn’t temporarily halt the literary violence.

5   gordo    
July 7th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

Another way to put it:

Good men do good and evil men do evil. But to make a good man do evil and an evil man do good takes religion.

6   nc    
July 7th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Rick,

remember? talking about a publicly known birth is online gang rape.

please refrain.

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