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Bertrand Russell... (Original Post)
NeoGreen
Oct 2018
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
GeoWilliam750
Oct 2018
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Duppers
(28,248 posts)1. Yep, that 2nd quote especially.
Sadly, it's how I view religious people.
MineralMan
(147,652 posts)2. You go, Bert!
Or, more properly, "You went, Bert!"
secondwind
(16,903 posts)3. He was a friend of my ex husband, he still keeps his letters. A good man..
Red Raider 85
(125 posts)4. Religion is a disease of the mind.
Atheism is the cure.
MineralMan
(147,652 posts)5. He achieved a large measure of immortality.
One can still mine his fertile mind through his many publications. As long as books exist, he remains with us.
edhopper
(34,917 posts)6. Why I am Not A Christian
was one of my formative atheist readings.
GeoWilliam750
(2,540 posts)7. The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand Russell
There are so many more whence that one came