Posted on May 14, 2008 by strawdog

D’Online-Videothéik vum ZDF ass wirklech exzellent. Enner anerem kann een do die komplett Episoden vun der rezenter ZDF Expedition Serie ‘Imperium der Päpste‘ kucken. A recommender.
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Posted on May 14, 2008 by strawdog
Posted on May 13, 2008 by strawdog
Posted on May 13, 2008 by strawdog
Posted on May 13, 2008 by strawdog
Wou mer scho bei de gescheite Läit a gescheite Sprëch sinn:
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.”
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.”
”Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.”
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Posted on May 13, 2008 by strawdog
Dee gudde Mann hat nët nëmmen interessant wëssenschaftlech Usichten:
I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.
A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.
For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.
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