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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Cameron Heide" |
| Date: |
20 Dec 2003 10:30:50 AM |
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Arrested Development quote |
I don't seem to see it mentioned here yet -- did anyone else catch
last week's episode of Arrested Development? For those who didn't,
there was one scene that I thought was just perfect:
There was an event where people would dress up as 'living art,'
playing characters in famous paintings against a background of
the painting. Two of the main characters were to do Michaelangelo's
"Creation of Adam" and the guy playing Adam caused a bit of a stir
when he wore cutoff jeans instead of the nude frontispiece to the
costume, but then someone noticed that the father who was supposed
to play God was missing.
One woman in the audience stood up and said "Where's God?". Another
lady then stood up, clutched her face, and in the perfect tone of
sudden horrific realization shouted "There is no God!"
I haven't laughed so hard at a TV show in ages...
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| User: "Newton Joseph" |
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| Title: Re: Arrested Development quote |
21 Dec 2003 12:59:09 PM |
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ARRESTED IS
DEVELOPMENT
New 10.
Of the thousands of superstitions throughout the world held by every nation
for the past 4000 years, most have centered on religion. Ancient Muslims,
Christians and Jews had good reason to be superstitious; one can forgive
their ignorance in a pre-scientific era. The creation of fanciful stories
was their best explanation for all they did not understand.
What can one say about America where we have public education and the
majority of people hold the same religious superstitions as they had in Dark
Age? Can one respect a superstitious person living in this true age of
enlightenment? Can one have respect for those who chose superstition
(faith) over proof and evidence? Most every politician in government is not
embarrassed about his or her superstitious beliefs; this is the phenomenon
of religion. One rarely moves away from one’s childhood religion. One can
safety say all who hold religious beliefs are arrested in development (they
believe as they did when they were children).
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