[lbo-talk] Signs of the Times

Matthias Wasser matthias.wasser at gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 14:38:48 PDT 2009


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


> I'll put it this way. On one side, you have the ecstasies of Saint Teresa,
> St. Francis, the Interior Castle, Augustine's Confessions, Notre Dame de
> Paris, Carpaggio, Saint John of the Cross, the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian,
> the Last Supper, Gregorian chant, William of Occam, the Cistene Chapel,
> Aristotelianism, the Passion of the Cross, Meister Eckhardt, Simone Weil,
> and Dante.
>
> On the other side, you have some dork claiming he found some shit in a
> cave, only he can't show you where it is, so you have to trust him, and oh
> yeah American Indians are Jews who have been cursed by God with dark skin.
>
> No contest.
>
You're comparing the ridiculousness of one's beliefs to the cultural output of another. Apples and oranges.



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