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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Solon who wrote (15547)6/11/2003 2:16:35 AM
From: Scott Bergquist  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
Stalinism and Communism (not the communism of 19th century America) pass all the requisites of a religion, apart from belief in something supernatural. Stalin was deified in his "cult of personality", and was dutifully noted as the absolute cause of all "successes" in the USSR (in the manner of "miracles" resulting from "prayers".)

Pithy short quotes (e.g. "Might makes Right") are inherently wrong because of the contextually vague and variable definitions of the few words they contain. They "fit" every situation, and add no value to same. Such homilies are the usual refuge of those who unwittingly recognize that Reason is absent in their cause.

Now why would "God" have fingernails? And for what use would he have for stereoscopic vision? Since He would "see all" simultaneously, it is obviously through a system not employing photons and an optic nerve.
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