[T]he superstition that the budget must be balanced at all times, once it is debunked, takes away one of the bulwarks that every society must have against expenditure out of control. . . . [O]ne of the functions of old-fashioned religion was to scare people by sometimes what might be regarded as myths into behaving in a way that long-run civilized life requires.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Dawkins on Hitchens
(h/t to Geoff Arnold)
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Barefoot Bum,
ReplyDeleteYou have to read this guy and his take on Dawkins review of Hitchens (and my discussion with him). I think you might find it interesting because he apparently fancies himself a bit of a philosopher.
Meh. Parableman is a garden-variety double-digit IQ theistard. I've "argued" against a gazillion guys like him and it always ends up with me banging my head against the wall.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. I found endless flaws in his post and his comments to me and didn't bother to take them point-by-point. It seemed useless. I really don't usually do what I did there. Once in a while I will, but it DOES feel like banging the head against a wall.
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