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«A principios del siglo XX el poder europeo en Asia y África estaba en su cenit; parecía que ninguna nación podía resistir la superioridad de las armas y el comercio europeo; pero sesenta años después sólo quedaban vestigios del dominio
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“Utter trash. —the Greek intellectual Celsus evaluates the Old Testament”
― The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
― The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
“As billionaire investor Warren Buffett famously put it: “Actually, there’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.”
― Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
― Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
“La falta de educación, sostenía Celso, hacía que los oyentes fueran vulnerables al dogma. Si los cristianos hubieran leído un poco más y creyeran un poco menos, sería menos probable que se consideraran únicos.”
― La edad de la penumbra: Cómo el cristianismo destruyó el mundo clásico
― La edad de la penumbra: Cómo el cristianismo destruyó el mundo clásico
“There was, however, one group of people who even the great Galen found himself unable to convince. This was a group who did not form their beliefs by basing them on experiments or on observations, but on faith alone—and who, worse still, were actually proud of this fact. These peculiar people were for Galen the epitome of intellectual dogmatism. When he wished to adequately convey the blockheadedness of another group of physicians, Galen used these people as an analogy to express the depths of his irritation. They were the Christians.”
― The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
― The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
“Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!”
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But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!”
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