Posted by fachad on July 23, 2002, at 11:39:36
In reply to well bless yer soul for... » fachad, posted by alii on July 23, 2002, at 2:36:43
I'm always glad to evoke a smile.
Robert Anton Wilson's writing has been a huge influence on me since I was first blown away by Cosmic Trigger 15 years ago.
So here's another quote, also from the Preface to CT:
"Finally, as a matter of some entertainment value, not all the mail I have received about this book has been intelligent and thoughtful. I have received several quite nutty and unintentionally funny poison-pen letters from Fundamentalist Christians and Fundamentalist Materialists."
"The Fundamentalist Christians have told me that I am a slave of Satan and should have the demons expelled with an exorcism. The Fundamentalist Materialists inform me that I am a liar, a charlatan, fraud, and scoundrel. Aside from this minor difference, the letters are astoundingly similar. Both groups share the same crusading zeal and the same total lack of humor, charity, and common human decency."
"These intolerable cults have served to confirm me in my agnosticism by presenting further evidence to support my contention that when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases."
> ...posting r.a.w.
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> you put me to bed with a huge smile on my face. that is mighty nice as of late.
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> thanks fachad
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> --alii
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