Saturday, September 29, 2012

ANACHRONISMS

Sigmund Freud in Civilization and Its Discontents (1930) took a dim view of religion:
The whole thing is so patently infantile, so incongruous with reality, that to one whose attitude to humanity is friendly it is painful to think that the great majority of mortals will never be able to rise above this view of life. It is even more humiliating to discover what a large number of those alive today, who must see that this religion is not tenable, yet try to defend it inch by inch, as if with a series of pitiable rearguard actions.
Here's one of those rearguard actions:
Thousands pray for US at 'America for Jesus' rally
By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Associated Press – 2 hrs 36 mins ago

...speaker Cindy Jacobs has blamed a mysterious Arkansas bird-kill last year on Obama's repeal of the policy known as "don't ask, don't tell," which allows gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.

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