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Quote of the Day: Beecher on Bibles and Telescopes
“The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.” — Henry Ward Beecher
Sunday was Henry Ward Beecher’s 205th birthday.
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Beecher’s Bibles. Apparently a bible is also like a scope?
That’s the one.
Not that I want to turn this into a limerick thread, but:
The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher,
Called a hen an elegant creature,
The hen, pleased with that,
Laid an egg in his hat,
And thus did the hen reward Beecher.
Great quote!
Excellent! Short, sweet and profound!
What happened yesterday? I don’t get the reference.
My Quote of the Day choice was a little more divisive:
http://ricochet.com/529516/qotd-20180623-alan-turing-on-theological-arguments/
Hm. Speaking of Kansas and Missouri, I’m overdue for another screening of The Outlaw Josey Wales.
And the problem with the telescope is that everyone is fighting over how to use the focus knob.
What’s that you say? You did not expect a Spanish Inquisition? No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Oh, I did expect them.
And what took you so long?
Anyone care to guess what he meant by that?
Personally, I can’t speak for the gent, and he’s sort of dead, if you know what I mean? I do know what I see in his statement, though.