So they trust in the deity of the Old Testament, an incontinent dotard who soiled Himself and the universe with his corruption, a low-budget divinity passing itself off as the genuine article. (Ask the Gnostics.) They trust in Jesus Christ, a historical cipher stitched together like Frankenstein's monster out of parts robbed from the graves of messiahs dead and buried - a savior on a stick. They trust in the virgin-pimping Allah and his Drum Major Mohammed, a prophet-come-lately who pioneered a new genus of humbuggery for an emerging market of believers that was not being adequately served by existing religious products. They trust in anything that authenticates their importance as persons, tribes, societies, and particularly as a species that will endure in this world and perhaps in an afterworld that may be uncertain in its reality and unclear in its layout, but which states their craving for values "not of this earth" - that depressing, meaningless place their consciousness must sidestep every day.
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THOMAS MANN Doctors, dressed up in one professional costume or another, have been in busy practice since the ear... LEWIS THOMAS It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. THOMAS JEFFERSON Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. THOMAS SOWELL It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those ... THOMAS SOWELL The things that we love tell us what we are. THOMAS AQUINAS The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore ... THOMAS SOWELL Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it. THOMAS HARRIS Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to c... THOMAS AQUINAS Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. THOMAS SZASZ The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never ... THOMAS HARDY Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by... THOMAS SOWELL By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The s... THOMAS MERTON I was called before the king's tribunal like a layman and was deserted in the quarter where I ha... THOMAS BECKET But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kind... CLARENCE THOMAS The more I loved the king, the more I opposed his injustice until his brow fell lowering upon me. He... THOMAS BECKET My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks.... ISAIAH THOMAS The anger and the brutality against everything can readily from one hour to the next be transformed ... THOMAS BERNHARD Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we ... THOMAS FRANK It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supp... CLARENCE THOMAS The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. THOMAS FULLER I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal i... DEBI THOMAS Meditate on the unique relationship between Christians. Psalm 133:1 proclaims the goodness and pleas... THOMAS BROOKS #4. Spend more time considering areas of agreement than disagreement. The doctrines you share with o... THOMAS BROOKS Netscape brought the Internet alive with the browser. They made the Internet so that Grandma could u... THOMAS FRIEDMAN When I hit 16, I got a scooter to ride to school. It was bright pink, and I saw on the ownership pap... THOMAS SANGSTER Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you. THOMAS MANN The Iraqi sun quickly heated the air to an unbearable one hundred twenty three degree’s, caus... THOMAS FERREOLUS I go to each job and open my little briefcase up, and I take out the things that I have or I know. I... THOMAS KAIL My dad is one of my favorite human beings in the world. He's just a good person, and he could en... THOMAS RHETT Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escapi... THOMAS WOLFE To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious. THOMAS TRAHERNE