Tag Archives: Dogma

The Fish Are Dying

Posted on May 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Fish Are Dying by Michael Romani The fish are dying!! The fish are dying!! I hear environmentalists crying The fish are all dying And they are not lying But, did you know … It’s all due to the hippo? … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo 10: Freedom of Thought

Posted on April 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10.. a third of the way through.  The challenge to throw down two opposing thoughts simultaneously going on at the same time. I went to a Short Form Poetry Workshop featuring someone’s made up form called a “Street … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Warning

Posted on March 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A rational man realizes more than a few things Rely on the logic that a mind has and brings Such as the fact that science does not rest on consensus But on looking straight at the facts that convince us … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Dogma Demands Authority and Breeds Systematic Hatred

Posted on January 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its disciples that they should inhibit natural kindness in favor of systematic hatred.” — Bertrand Russell … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Fight Every Tyranny Over the Mind of Man

Posted on August 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson All ideas should be open for discussion in a free market place of ideas.  This is the … Continue reading →

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Thought of the Day: Dogma Versus Curiosity

Posted on April 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

History may be read as the story of the magnificent rearguard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. -Robert Lynd, writer (20 Apr 1879-1949) To read the source of this quote and gain a fuller understanding of … Continue reading →

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