"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins

[regnauld]

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Voltaire was not an atheist, but he was against any and all religions that were opposed to freedom of thought. Thus he became a bitter enemy of the Catholic Church as it existed in France. As he aged he spewed a great and greater venom against the church. Beginning in his early 60's he began to sign his letters to his friends with the phrase "Ecraser l'infame!" (Crush the infamous thing!) Voltaire clearly meant the spirit of persecution but his enemies proclaimed that he was ridiculing the Catholic Church.

[Ramini]

never knew much about sa mga western philosophers and the like reg..ahak man gd tong ethics class namo sa una oi..1:45pm duka kaayo..the only person i remember from my ethics class was Emmanuel Kant..existentalist man cguro na sya..can't recall pero my teacher seem to have a certain fondness ani niya..

[Ramini]

Its getting off topic, pero I cant help myself.

Akong pet peeve the Catholicism is Mary. The tradition and mysticism I can understand and respect. The sermons, not so much, pero mada-da ra after a day or so.

Pero deifying mary?! Have you heard of the litany of the virgin mary lately?

Queen of confessors
Queen of the Afflicted
Queen of Angels
Queen conceived without original sin
Queen of heaven

Asa man intawn na gikan oi. Too close to The Anti-Christ Revealed for comfort.

i don't want to say anything..before they hate women now they love women...hhmmmmmm..bahala sila oi..im glad im out of it.

[bodie]

I AM not against RELIGION per se. I am against RELIGIOUS FANATICISM!

Notice that the most superstitious ages have always been those of the most horrible crimes... The superstitious man is ruled by fanatics and he becomes one himself. On the whole, the less superstition, the less fanaticism, and the less fanaticism, the fewer miseries.

From Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique 1776.

Well im kinda against religion in principal but I understand why they do and respect those who believe. I agree on the religious fanaticism part tho. Grabe and cruelties done in the name of religion. I honestly thought na wala na na karun but going strong pa diay gihapon.

Some of the Christians in the west, some cults in our county and in others, some Hindus in India, some Jews in Israel, some Muslims and bangladesh and some other places. Its easy to justify crimes in the name of god.

[regnauld]

never knew much about sa mga western philosophers and the like reg..ahak man gd tong ethics class namo sa una oi..1:45pm duka kaayo..the only person i remember from my ethics class was Emmanuel Kant..existentalist man cguro na sya..can't recall pero my teacher seem to have a certain fondness ani niya..

Yes Emmanuel Kant was also a brilliant philosopher but Voltaire was the most bitter enemy of the Roman Church because he advocated FREEDOM FROM RELIGION through HUMAN REASON and elevated HUMAN DIGNITY and INTELLIGENCE over RELIGIOUSITY and FANATICISM!

[Ramini]

Islam for me is the only religion which is clear on how to deal with unbelievers although ma corrupted ghapon pero at least they made it clear pag sugod..

[Ramini]

Yes Emmanuel Kant was also a brilliant philosopher but Voltaire was the most bitter enemy of the Roman Church because he advocated FREEDOM FROM RELIGION through HUMAN REASON and elevated HUMAN DIGNITY and INTELLIGENCE over RELIGIOUSITY and FANATICISM!

The church...grabe..maygani dli na sila ingon ana ka grabe mu display ug power..kanang lantaran ba.

[bodie]

The church...grabe..maygani dli na sila ingon ana ka grabe mu display ug power..kanang lantaran ba.

I dunno... para nako medyo kusog paman gihapon. There are parishes in the country that still collect tithes. And parish priests in some provinces are still very active in town politics. Maski sa sermon mutira ug mga politico.

[Ramini]

but not the way nga puniton lang ka then dissapear wihout a trace..hehe!! nway ugma napd sleepy nko da.

[kit_cebu]

Islam for me is the only religion which is clear on how to deal with unbelievers although ma corrupted ghapon pero at least they made it clear pag sugod..

wow... this is nice to hear... i believe you meant what happened to the so-called "infidels"... i wonder if these people have mirrors to start with...