Thursday, September 29, 2011

"An Atheistical Companion"

For those descendants of the Red Sea pedestrians who are not partaking in today's proceedings in the ecclesiastical arena of your tribe of origin, I offer a companional, concise rationale for your counter-religional predilections.

It's a definition of religion from The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce. I hope it fills the spot that is filled for believers by the unquestioning surrender to a Higher Power.

Are you ready? Here goes.

Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

So there you have it.

It is still not too late to get to the synagogue.
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2 comments:

  1. ZarayaSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Dear Mr. Pomerantz; it's hard to escape the pull of "The Devil's Dictionary". Mr. Bierce certainly liked words.


    ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.

    ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.

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  2. MacSeptember 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    As George Costanza put it when his shrink said she thought he didn't believe in God.

    "I do for the bad stuff."

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