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Thu Nov-19-09 03:00 PM
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Mencken's Creed
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking. I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious. I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war upon liberty... I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect. I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech... I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how it is run. I believe in the reality of progress. I - But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.
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Thu Nov-19-09 03:22 PM
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but I'm proof-reading the syllabus for my boss's course, and the first line is an H.L. Mencken quote
"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong."
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Thu Nov-19-09 07:48 PM
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3. I agree with all of that except the anti-government thing. |
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