Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors.

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Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.

Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God...

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God...

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance....

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance....

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and...

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and...

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death.

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death.

Money is not real. It is a conscious agreement on measuring value.

Money is not real. It is a conscious agreement on measuring value.

Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised...

Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised...

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit....

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit....

Hopefully God will allow me to turn my biggest mistake into my greatest success.

Hopefully God will allow me to turn my biggest mistake into my greatest success.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...