Monday, September 10, 2007

Religion



"All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry."
~Edgar Allen Poe

5 Comments:

Blogger shelly said...

Excellent quote. :)

9/12/2007 11:21 PM  
Blogger jeff said...

Yeah, I'm taking religious advice from a guy on opium...

9/14/2007 3:56 PM  
Blogger Recovering said...

Jeff - why not. He lived a very happy and fulfilled life. Haven't you read his work?

9/17/2007 6:15 AM  
Blogger ninjanun said...

Ad hominem arguments are based on a logical fallacy that the person's character somehow negates the truthfulness of their words.

9/22/2007 6:17 PM  
Blogger jeff said...

I wasn't refering to his character. I was referring to the fact that the 'truthfulness of his words' were, many times, affected by narcotic mind-altering, substances.

And yes, I've read his work. He was a brilliant writer.

9/24/2007 8:07 PM  

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