by Simple Simon
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002 at 3:37 PM
Perhaps someone should tell this to the rioters in Nigeria and the students in Madrassas worldwide. And yes, some hillbillys here too.
The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is impossible to imagine this world being really civilized so long as so much nonsense survives. In even its highest forms religion embraces concepts that run counter to all common sense. It can be defended only by making assumptions and adopting rules of
logic that are never heard of in any other field of human thinking.