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BroilJAB
Oct 4, 2012, 3:50:37 PM10/4/12
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The Holy Church alone has had the courage
and persistence to stand for intellectual truth.
-- Al Einstein
and persistence to stand for intellectual truth.
-- Al Einstein
Bob Casanova
Oct 5, 2012, 1:15:38 PM10/5/12
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 12:50:37 -0700 (PDT), the following
appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by BroilJAB
<Design...@wmconnect.com>:
>The Holy Church alone has had the courage
>and persistence to stand for intellectual truth.
>-- Al Einstein
Quotemining again? Never learn, do you? Perhaps the full
quote, including context showing that he was referring to
the church's stand against tyranny and *not* anything to do
with religious belief, would be of interest:
"Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in
Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing
that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause
of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were
silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the
newspapers whose flaming editorials in days gone by had
proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the
universities, were silenced in a few short weeks. . . .
"Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's
campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special
interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great
affection and admiration because the Church alone has had
once despised I now praise unreservedly."
--
Bob C.
"Evidence confirming an observation is
evidence that the observation is wrong."
- McNameless
appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by BroilJAB
<Design...@wmconnect.com>:
>The Holy Church alone has had the courage
>and persistence to stand for intellectual truth.
>-- Al Einstein
quote, including context showing that he was referring to
the church's stand against tyranny and *not* anything to do
with religious belief, would be of interest:
"Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in
Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing
that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause
of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were
silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the
newspapers whose flaming editorials in days gone by had
proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the
universities, were silenced in a few short weeks. . . .
"Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's
campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special
interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great
affection and admiration because the Church alone has had
the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth
and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I
once despised I now praise unreservedly."
--
Bob C.
"Evidence confirming an observation is
evidence that the observation is wrong."
- McNameless
Lady Veteran
Oct 6, 2012, 11:33:25 AM10/6/12
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On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:15:38 -0700, Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off>
wrote:
Well, yes, except when Pope Pius XII was dealing with Nazis under the
table. It is individuals within the church that deserve Einstein's
praise-not the church as an institution.
LV
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When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."
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wrote:
table. It is individuals within the church that deserve Einstein's
praise-not the church as an institution.
LV
--
"I rode a tank and held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank."
---Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
--------------------------------------------
"Only a male compensating for his impotence
would accuse a strong woman of being a lesbian."
---Unknown
----------------------------------------------
"It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are
hated by the right people."
---Miles Franklin
----------------------------------------------
See the latest idiot featured on my blog!
My Blog http://ladyveteranslog.blogspot.com
---------------------------------------------
"Do you have enemies? Good. That means that you have
stood up for something,sometime in your life."
---Winston Churchill
----------------------------------------------
Remember that today's oak tree is yesterday's nut that
stood it's ground.
---Unknown
----------------------------------------------
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living
someone else's life."
---Steve Jobs
----------------------------------------------
Ten years ago the USA had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and
Johnny Cash .... Now they have no Jobs, no Hope and
no Cash.
---Unknown
----------------------------------------------
"No Gentleman will insult me and no one not a gentleman
can insult me."
---Frederick Douglas
Bob Casanova
Oct 6, 2012, 12:22:57 PM10/6/12
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On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:33:25 -0500, the following appeared
in sci.skeptic, posted by Lady Veteran
<arm...@bigfoot.com>:
I agree, but the issue to which I responded was the false
implication intended by BiliousJABBERER's quotemine that
Einstein was religious, which of course he wasn't, at least
not in any traditional sense.
in sci.skeptic, posted by Lady Veteran
<arm...@bigfoot.com>:
implication intended by BiliousJABBERER's quotemine that
Einstein was religious, which of course he wasn't, at least
not in any traditional sense.
Lady Veteran
Oct 6, 2012, 11:13:00 PM10/6/12
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On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:22:57 -0700, Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off>
As far as I know, he wasn't even a practicing Jew.
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