loganharris
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loganharris replied to the topic Freethinkers Must Be Free Spirits, In My Opinion in the forum Small Talk 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
PS/ To clarify my last post, Sammy remained an atheist to his dying day, but he kept a temperament rather like some evangelicals. He cared a lot about obedience and conforming, while being asococial and not engaging with any effort for the common good.
Glenn longed for barely regulated capitalism. He loved everything about the Tea Party…[Read more]
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loganharris replied to the topic Freethinkers Must Be Free Spirits, In My Opinion in the forum Small Talk 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
Glenn seemed to think that a commitment to science and reason made one a freethinker, but I see that as overly simplistic. As Einstein said, “Imagination is everything.” A freethinker needs to be creative and imaginative. Knowing formulas isn’t enough.
As for Sammy, I still wonder why he was okay with taking no action to oppose the excesses of…[Read more]
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loganharris started the topic Freethinkers Must Be Free Spirits, In My Opinion in the forum Small Talk 6 days, 8 hours ago
Are the words “free-thinker” and “free spirit” synonymous? I think they are. I came to this conclusion after 40 years of watching people come and go in my city’s free-thought community. Two people in particular came across as free-thinkers at first, but after getting to know them well I saw that they were anything but free-thinkers. This has been…[Read more]
