Religions > Atheism > In a perfect atheist socialist transport system, there would be no accidents
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02 Oct 2005 04:27:59 PM |
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In a perfect socialist transport-system, there would be no accidents
At a Communist writers' Congress, after hours of speeches about the
brave new world in construction, Andr=E9 Malraux asked impatiently: 'And
what about the man who is run over by a tram-car?' He met blank stares
and did not insist. But there is a voice inside all of us which does
insist. We have been cut off from the belief in personal survival, in
the immortality of a self which we love and hate more intimately than
anything else, and the scar of that amputation has never healed. To be
killed on a barricade or to die as a martyr of science provides some
compensation; but what about that man who is run over by the tram-car,
or the child who is drowned?
Gothic man had an answer to this question. The apparently accidental
was part of a higher design. Fate was not blind; storms, volcanoes,
floods and plagues all conformed to a subtle pattern; you were looked
after in higher quarters. Cannibals, Eskimos, Hindus and Christians all
have an answer to this question of all questions which, however
repressed, pooh-poohed, shamefully hidden, still remains the last
decisive regulator of our actions. But the only answer which Malraux,
after a painful silence, received was: 'In a perfect socialist
transport-system, there would be no accidents.
Arthur Koestler "Anatomy of a Myth" in The Yogi and the Commissar.
Jonathan Cape, 1945 p.126
From an atheistic/rationalistic/naturalistic perspective what can one
really say to the the family of the man who is run over by a tram-car,
or the child who drowns...?
http://tertius.blogspot.com/2003/02/in-perfect-socialist-transport-system.h=
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| User: "Soul food" |
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| Title: Re: In a perfect atheist socialist transport system, there would be no accidents |
03 Oct 2005 01:53:00 AM |
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"words of truth" <wordsoftruth21@lycos.com> shamelessly dissembled:
Gothic man had an answer to this question. The apparently accidental
was part of a higher design. Fate was not blind; storms, volcanoes,
floods and plagues all conformed to a subtle pattern; you were looked
after in higher quarters. Cannibals, Eskimos, Hindus and Christians all
have an answer to this question of all questions which, however
repressed, pooh-poohed, shamefully hidden, still remains the last
decisive regulator of our actions. But the only answer which Malraux,
after a painful silence, received was: 'In a perfect socialist
transport-system, there would be no accidents.
Arthur Koestler "Anatomy of a Myth" in The Yogi and the Commissar.
Jonathan Cape, 1945 p.126
So you lying Christers didn't invent straw men. So what?
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"The real dichotomy in today's world is between reason and religion.
The future of civilisation rests upon how many people realise that and do something about it."
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| User: "Hotel Charlie One" |
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| Title: Re: In a perfect atheist socialist transport system, there would be no accidents |
02 Oct 2005 07:49:39 PM |
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"words of truth" <wordsoftruth21@lycos.com> wrote in
news:1128288479.911837.262870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
In a perfect socialist transport-system, there would be no
accidents
Absolutely amazing. The word atheist or any of its derivatives does
not show up in the title or text of the cut-and-pasted article.
WordsOfTruth, however, cannot resist inserting atheist in his
message header. Once again, WordsOfTruth shows his or her evil and
should properly be named "DistorterOfTruth".
--
Power corrupts
Absoulte power corrupts absolutely
All Gods claim absolute power
Draw your own conclusions
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| User: "Josef Balluch" |
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| Title: Re: In a perfect atheist socialist transport system, there would be no accidents |
02 Oct 2005 06:05:57 PM |
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In a message sent 'round the world, words of truth poured fuel on the
fire with the following:
....
From an atheistic/rationalistic/naturalistic perspective what can one
really say to the the family of the man who is run over by a tram-car,
or the child who drowns...?
http://tertius.blogspot.com/2003/02/in-perfect-socialist-transport-system.h=
tml
Good point. We can't really lie to them the way theists do. So we can
offer heartfelt condolences, shed a tear, give a hug ...
Regards,
Josef
There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval.
-- George Santayana
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| User: "Ordog" |
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| Title: Re: In a perfect atheist socialist transport system, there would be no accidents |
02 Oct 2005 07:05:23 PM |
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words of truth wrote:
<crap snipped>
From an atheistic/rationalistic/naturalistic perspective what can one
really say to the the family of the man who is run over by a tram-car,
or the child who drowns...?
We could do many things. Except using their sorrow as a means to allow
us bainwashing them with theistic garbage!
Ordog
"Beware of the man whose God is in the skies." Bernard Shaw
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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| Title: Re: In a perfect atheist socialist transport system, there would be no accidents |
02 Oct 2005 04:57:58 PM |
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words of truth wrote:
From an atheistic/rationalistic/naturalistic perspective what can one
really say to the the family of the man who is run over by a tram-car,
or the child who drowns...?
***** happens.
Jim
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