Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of...

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of...

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth...

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth...

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...