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To: Matchett-PI; Alamo-Girl; xzins; raygunfan; spirited irish
What an outstanding essay/post, Matchett-PI! Thank you so very much, and for the links to the fascinating "GAGDAD BOB."

At the link "The Children of Light vs. the Communist Maninfestation," I found this delight:

Quoting Eric Hoffer's "The Ordeal of Change".

"To the intellectual the struggle for freedom is more vital than the actuality of a free society. He would rather work, fight, talk, for liberty than have it. The fact is that up to now the free society has not been good for the intellectual. It has neither accorded him a superior status to sustain his confidence nor made it easy for him to acquire an unquestioned sense of social usefulness. For he derives his sense of usefulness mainly from directing, instructing, and planning — from minding other people's business — and is bound to feel superfluous and neglected where people believe themselves competent to manage individual and communal affairs, and are impatient of supervision and regulation. A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated society is to the workingman's sense of worth. Any social order that can function with a minimum of leadership will be anathema to the intellectual."

Oh, so very true! A main problem is so many of these "intellectuals" are Darwinists of the metaphysical materialist type. As such, they don't "do" science; they do voodoo....

But they want to run things, to direct our personal and social lives in ever-increasing detail!!!

Doesn't look like a good idea to me. :^)

Plus I just loved this: "one must know the truth in order to lie about it."

And I gather that is what's so absurd about atheists....

41 posted on 02/21/2011 1:21:56 PM PST by betty boop (Seek truth and beauty together; you will never find them apart. — F. M. Cornford)
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To: betty boop

Thank you very much!


47 posted on 02/21/2011 7:48:50 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Trent Lott on Tea Party candidates: "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them" 7/19/10)
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To: betty boop; Matchett-PI; xzins
Indeed, that is a very engaging excerpt, dearest sister in Christ! Thank you so much for your insights!

And thank you, dear Matachett-PI, for all the great links!

Plus I just loved this: "one must know the truth in order to lie about it."

And I gather that is what's so absurd about atheists....

LOLOL! Truly, how rational is the atheist who spends much of his time and energy arguing against someone he says doesn't exit?

63 posted on 02/23/2011 9:30:30 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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