Thomas Jefferson quote

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:14:48 -0700, sf <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson

Ooh, I'll play:

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do
because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

-- Susan B. Anthony. In 1896, Susan B. Anthony stepped down from the
chair and addressed the National-American Woman Suffrage Association
meeting when a resolution was offered to repudiate Elizabeth Cady
Stanton's Woman's Bible. Aunt Susan's impassioned appeal was directed
more at religious freedom and the rights of individuals.

Serene

sf said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson
--

This is from memory so may not be verbatim, Dean Jonathan Swift said
"There's just enough religion for hate, but not enough for love".
Rather relevant all these years later.

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sf said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson
--

This is from memory so may not be verbatim, Dean Jonathan Swift said
"There's just enough religion for hate, but not enough for love".
Rather relevant all these years later.

Mark Twain seemed to agree:

Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only
animal that has the True Religion -- several of them. He is the only animal
that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't
straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to
smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven. The higher animals have
no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the
Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste...The Lowest Animal
essay, 1897

Serene said:

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:14:48 -0700, sf <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson

Ooh, I'll play:

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do
because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

-- Susan B. Anthony.

How about something a little more on-topic. Benjamin Franklin's Guide to
Trolling:

Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion
--------------------------------------------------

RULES, by the Observation of which, a Man of Wit and Learning may
nevertheless make himself a disagreeable Companion.

Your Business is to shine; therefore you must by all means prevent
the shining of others, for their Brightness may make yours the less
distinguish'd. To this End,

1. If possible engross the whole Discourse; and when other Matter
fails, talk much of your-self, your Education, your Knowledge, your
Circumstances, your Successes in Business, your Victories in
Disputes, your own wise Sayings and Observations on particular
Occasions, &c. &c. &c.;

2. If when you are out of Breath, one of the Company should seize the
Opportunity of saying something; watch his Words, and, if possible,
find somewhat either in his Sentiment or Expression, immediately to
contradict and raise a Dispute upon. Rather than fail, criticise even
his Grammar.

3. If another should be saying an indisputably good Thing; either
give no Attention to it; or interrupt him; or draw away the Attention
of others; or, if you can guess what he would be at, be quick and say
it before him; or, if he gets it said, and you perceive the Company
pleas'd with it, own it to be a good Thing, and withal remark that it
had been said by Bacon, Locke, Bayle, or some other eminent Writer;
thus you deprive him of the Reputation he might have gain'd by it, and
gain some yourself, as you hereby show your great Reading and Memory.

4. When modest Men have been thus treated by you a few times, they will
chuse ever after to be silent in your Company; then you may shine on
without Fear of a Rival; rallying them at the same time for their
Dullness, which will be to you a new Fund of Wit.

Thus you will be sure to please yourself. The polite Man aims at pleasing
others, but you shall go beyond him even in that. A Man can be present
only in one Company, but may at the same time be absent in twenty. He can
please only where he is, you where-ever you are not.

Benjamin Franklin in the November 15, 1750 issue of The
Pennsylvania Gazette

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sf said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson

Mozilla filters are non-exsistant. :-(
I have to see all of Chung's [censored]. I just delete it as it comes in, unread.

Om

sf said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson

Couldn't agree more.
He was a follower of Joseph Priestly - my personal Unitarian hero:

http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/thomasjefferson.html

-L.

OmManiPadmiOmelet said:

sf said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded: I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming
feature. Thomas Jefferson

Mozilla filters are non-exsistant. :-(

You mean Thunderbird? It has filtering, certainly it can filter by
keyword in the subject line or sender line.

Now, that doesn't help as much with the people who persistently respond
to the messages. One of the reasons I switched to XanaNews was to gain
more powerful filtering, particularly cross-posted newsgroups. Knocking
out any posts to his favorite cardiology group pretty much takes care
of the situation.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

-L. said:

sf said:

I have to remember to post this the next time my usenet filters are
evaded:

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson

Couldn't agree more.
He was a follower of Joseph Priestly - my personal Unitarian hero:

http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/thomasjefferson.html

Live and learn!

🙂
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Steve Wertz said:

Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion

That was worth reading, thank you.

fkoe