Epicurus on prayer
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.— Epicurus, quoted from Eugene O’Connor, The Essential Epicurus
Archive of posts filed under the Religion category.
Tolerance
Xiouding, on this blog, makes a good point – in one’s exasperation with the religiosity (genuine or otherwise)of the candidates in the US election campaign, he has reminded me that Epicureanism means tolerance and that millions of decent, kind, humane Americans obtain solace and inspiration from their religion. That should be the end of it. …
The Gods
As mentioned previously, I have just returned from Syria and during the tour visited Palmyra and the great temple of Baal. For much longer than Christianity has been around people worshiped Baal and made sacrifices to him for better harvests, more sons, success in battle etc. There is the niche, still standing but now empty, …
Catholic priests and the communion wine
According to reports* (is this a spoof?) Catholic priests are so over-worked in Europe and have to take so many communion services that they are tipsy a good part of the time and unfit to drive between their country parish churches. Epicurus would approve. It is better to have them tipsy and merry than to …
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Christians cannot vote for non-Christians
Thus former Republican National Committee official, John Lofton: "It is ridiculous on its face to say that Christians can vote for non-Christians. It’s Christ denial, its something that’s very serious. And in fact, in a way things have gotten even worse by saying that religion doesn’t matter. Well, that’s the same as saying, whether …
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