Wolf Pangloss's Fish Taco Stand

"But, reverend father," said Candide, "there is horrible evil in this world."

"What signifies it," said the Dervish, "whether there be evil or good? When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?"

"What, then, must we do?" said Pangloss.

"Hold your tongue," answered the Dervish.

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"Individual misfortunes result in the general good, with the consequence that the more individual misfortune there is, the more everything is for the best."
Pangloss, Candide

The Chronological Koran. Read the Koran in the order that it was narrated. Understand the doctrine of abrogation, that states that everything that comes before is rendered meaningless by that which comes later. Then read the last three books and understand the problem.
John Stuart Mill, The Subjugation of Women. A seminal work, from 1869, by one of the greatest moral philosophers of all time, explaining why women should no longer be subjugated. This needs to be part of everyone's education, especially those who are poisoned by gynophobic Moslem dogma.
With the Fjordman Files, Fjordman exposes the cancer that is eating Western Europe alive.
The Euston Manifesto, working toward a revival of the classically liberal, anti-totalitarian wing of the so-called liberal movement.
Manifesto Against Islamic Totalitarianism, from the Jyllands-Posten.
Choose Your Friends Wisely, the impact of those with whom you associate on your own emotional health.
I, a Muslim, from Czech Television

Ibn Warraq's Secular Islam
Ali Sina's Faith/Freedom
Committee to Defend Women's Rights in the Middle East
Apostates of Islam
Know Islam
Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation
Arab Infidels
http://www.murtadd.org/
Anwar Shaikh
Freethought Mecca
Muslims for Christ
Walid Shoebat Foundation
Nonie Darwish tells it like it is
Thinkers' Web/Thinking Peoples' Cup of Tea
Secular Site for Bengali Humanists & Freethinkers
Taslima Nasrin: Nobel Nominee
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Dutch Parliamentarian/, screenwriter of Submission part 1, the movie that led to the murder of Theo Van Gogh.
Ibn Rushd2
Ampbreia
Islamic Reformation Movement
WebPortal of Free Spirits from North Africa and Elsewhere
Sabatina James

101st Fighting Keyboardists

30 January 2008

The Oil Parable

"Brethren," said the preacher, "the Lord made the world round like a ball."

"Amen!" agreed the congregation.

"And the Lord made two axles for the world to go round on, and He put one axle at the North Pole and one axle at the South Pole."

"Amen!" shouted the congregation.

"And the Lord put a lot of oil in the center of the world to keep the axles well greased."

"Amen!" cried the congregation.

"And then a lot of sinners dug wells in Pennsylvania and stole the Lord's grease. And in Kentucky, Texas, Alaska, Mexico, Russia, Araby and Persia, and all through Africa, and steal more of the Lord's grease. And some day they will have all the Lord's grease, and them axles is gonna get hot. And then that will be hell, brethren, that will be hell!"

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