Posted: Jun 26, 2016 3:17 am
crank wrote:Do you know of any religions that aren't chock full of the batty? In our lifetimes, we've seen a number of the 'end of the world' types, how many still believed when the first date went by and the guy came up with a second? The mind is a terrible thing to lay waste to with insanities and inanities, but it's an all too willing host.
I think that your final sentence above is echoed in the following from Emperor Julian ....
- Though it has in it nothing divine,
by making full use of that part of the soul
which loves fable and is childish and foolish,
it has induced men to believe
that the monstrous tale is truth.