Quote of the Day: H.L. Mencken
"The most curious social convention is that religious opinions should be respected."-H.L. Mencken
posted by Ben at 9:02 AM
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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4 Comments:
Beefer: You DON'T think religious opinions should be respected? I think you just wrote this to start conversation. I think they should be respected up to the point that they are repugnant to another's deepest ethics... -Sa
I think SOME religious opinions should be respected, but they shouldn't be respected just because they are religious. That's why I read the quote. Especially these days, people act as if a priest says something, it's law(that's especially true in the Catholic Church). I find that pretty repugnant.
Dangerous stuff, Ben, for you to quote Mencken. He's your ideological enemy!
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard19.html
Evan, I don't think it's necessarily bad to quote one's ideological enemy. I can agree with SOME of his opinions.
To be honest, I don't know that much about Mencken, either...but I like a lot of his quotes. I'll have to read more about him.
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