07 JUN 2012 by ideonexus

 Newton Was the Last Magi

Newton was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians, the last of the Babylonians and Sumerians ... Isaac Newton, a posthumous child born with no father on Christmas Day, 1642, was the last wonder child to whom the Magi could do sincere and appropriate homage... Why do I call him a magician? Because he looked on the whole universe and all that is in it as a riddle, as a secret which could be read by applying pure thought to certain evidence, certain mystic clues whi...
Folksonomies: history wonder
Folksonomies: history wonder
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Last of the Babylonians, who looked at the Universe as riddle to be solved.

24 FEB 2011 by ideonexus

 Everyone is an Atheist

The dictionary definition of God is “a supernatural creator and overseer of the universe.” Included in this definition are all deities, goddesses and supernatural beings. Since the beginning of recorded history, which is defined by the invention of writing by the Sumerians around 6,000 years ago, historians have cataloged over 3700 supernatural beings, of which 2870 can be considered deities. So next time someone tells me they believe in God, I’ll say “Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupi...
Folksonomies: atheism
Folksonomies: atheism
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With thousands of deities out there to not believe in, Atheists just go one deity further.