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“But we have no [Marian] apparitions cautioning the Church against, say, accepting the delusion of an Earth-centered Universe, or warning it of complicity with Nazi Germany — two matters of considerable moral as well as historical import....

Not a single saint criticized the practice of torturing and burning “witches” and heretics. Why not? Were they unaware of what was going on? Could they not grasp its evil? And why is [the Virgin] Mary always admonishing the poor peasant to inform the authorities? Why doesn’t she admonish the authorities herself? Or the King? Or the Pope?”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

tags: apparitions, catholic-church, catholicism, church, marian-apparitions, mary, prophecies, roman-catholic-church, saints, science, science-and-religion, science-vs-religion, virgin-mary, visions, witch, witch-burnings

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“I would rather lie facedown on the ground
and use my body as a bridge,
than stand proud and tall
and use my body as a wall.”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: beacon, body, bridge, facedown, ground, harmony, help, hope, hopeful, humble, humility, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kojouri, light, one-love, oneness, proud, serve, servitude, stand, support, tall, together, togetherness, unity, wall

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“When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: administration, best-leader, bipartisan, capitalism, censor, common-man, corporations, corrupt, corruption, country, democrat, divide, divides, division, election, elections, equality, for-the-people, freedom, freedom-of-speech, good-leader, government, government-corruption, guide, heart-driven, honest, human-condition, identify, indentifies, justice, lead, leader, leaders, leadership, leadership-characteristics, leadership-traits, man-on-the-street, money, money-driven, nation, peace, peacemaker, people, picking-sides, political-science, politics, president, presidential, republican, selecting, serves-the-people, speech, street, street-level, truth, understand, understanding, unites, vote, voter, voting, we-the-people

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“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”
― Edmund Burke

tags: superstition

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“The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it.

The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!”
― Brian Cox