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Be Selfish

Christopher Hitchens in his book god is not Great addresses impossible tasks put forward in the Bible.
“The order to ‘love thy neighbor’ is mild and yet stern: a reminder of one’s duty to others. The order to ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’ is too extreme and too strenuous to be obeyed, [...]

Posted 30 December 2009 † ThomasD § Satan Wrote the Bible ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

The Bible has some good stuff

The story of creation is a great story. Probably invented over time by early people to answer the philosophical questions, “How did I get here? How did this come into being?” Three thousand years ago the answer that caught on in the Middle East was the notion that a single supreme being created the earth [...]

Posted 14 January 2008 † ThomasD § Satan Wrote the Bible ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,