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henry quirk 04-05-2012 04:56 PM

What three dogmas hurt individuals the most?
 
Interpret and answer as you like...

monster 04-05-2012 05:22 PM

The belief that all is predetermined -you have no control over what happens in the future.

classicman 04-05-2012 09:01 PM

1 God is real.
2 Most people are evil.
3 Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

limey 04-06-2012 02:46 AM

1. God is on our side.
2. No he's on our side.
3. I am right about this.

Blueflare 04-06-2012 06:25 AM

1. An eye for an eye.
2. All opinions are valid and should be respected.
3. Things were better in the old days.

DanaC 04-06-2012 07:08 AM

In the old days, things were better in the older days.

Trilby 04-06-2012 07:16 AM

1 God wants me to lead
2 God is limited to Christianity
3 Evil is stronger than Love

infinite monkey 04-06-2012 07:25 AM

1) That people are inherently good (I used to believe this. It gets one stepped on a lot.)
2) That we're all special (we're not. Well, I am, but you're not. Kidding.)
3) That it's always darkest before the dawn (it'll get a lot darker)

Cynic, these days.

Gravdigr 04-06-2012 11:52 AM

1. That that light at the end of the tunnel just might be a train.
2. That Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player who ever lived.
3. That Life won't kill you dead.

richlevy 04-07-2012 09:51 AM

1: Do as I say, not as I do.

Sundae 04-07-2012 10:44 AM

That bananas are a fit food for human beings

Gravdigr 04-09-2012 04:56 PM

O. No. You. Di'int!

Griff 04-10-2012 07:41 AM

1. Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried.
2. God talks to me.
3. My country right or wrong.

ZenGum 04-11-2012 06:31 AM

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

It is sweet and right to die for your country.

Lamplighter 04-11-2012 09:24 AM

God

them

Want some candy, little girl ?

DanaC 04-11-2012 01:32 PM

lamp's back!!

Gravdigr 04-12-2012 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 805939)
It is sweet and right to die for your country.

Quote:

Nobody ever won a war by dying for their country. You win a war by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country.
~Patton (maybe?)

ETA: Correction: Quote is by George C. Scott playing Patton.:)

Sundae 04-12-2012 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 805996)
lamp's back!!

Sorry, I have no knowledge of that dogma.

DanaC 04-12-2012 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 805939)
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

It is sweet and right to die for your country.

The translation we were given when we studied Wilfred Owen, was: it is sweet and meet to die for the fatherland.

I rarely see that translation these days. It really stuck in my mind. Was the first time I'd ever come across that use of the word meet.

His poem Dulce et Decorum Est was probably the first poem to really grab me by the throat.


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