Sunday, 16 February 2014

The Real 'Problem Of Evil'

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
 — Edmund Burke

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Vicious Circle

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
 ― George Orwell, 1984

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Beyond Belief

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
 ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Monday, 27 January 2014

Flipsides

Patriotism: We are better than you because of who we are.
Racism: We are better than you because of who you are.

Friday, 24 January 2014

One Motion After Another

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, 
but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
— H. L. Mencken