why hell was invented

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists — that is why they invented hell. ~ Bertrand Russell -

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No defense of superstition and pseudoscience

It is no defense of superstition and pseudoscience to say that it brings solace and comfort to people… If solace and comfort are how we judge the worth of something, then consider that tobacco brings solace and comfort to smokers; alcohol brings it to drinkers; drugs of all kinds bring it to addicts; the fall of cards and the run of horses bring it to gamblers; cruelty and violence bring it to sociopaths. Judge by solace and comfort only and there is no behavior we ought to interfere with. ~ Isaac Asimov

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The Hidden Motivation of Regret

The Hidden Motivationi of Regret

It's What You Don't Do That Haunts You

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If something is really, honestly indefensible, it can be defeated.

"If something is really, honestly indefensible, it can be defeated. The people perpetrating that indefensible thing will want you to think that what they are doing is inevitable. They will want you to think that it cannot possibly be changed or fixed. That it is the way it has to be, that that is the way it's gonna be, they will want you to think those things. And it's not true. An indefensible practice or policy is, in America, vulnerable."

- Rachel Maddow

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Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”

Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”

It’s Official: More Private Sector Jobs Created In 2010 Than During Entire Bush Years

It’s Official: More Private Sector Jobs Created In 2010 Than During Entire Bush Years

Religious States the Fattest

Religious States the Fattest