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|    Kimba W. Lion to Alistair@nothere.com    |
|    Re: Humanism    |
|    31 May 05 18:09:55    |
      From: kimbawlion@aol.com              Alistair@nothere.com wrote:              >"When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the       >ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul,       >into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of       >freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was       >flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became       >dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave. There was for me       >no master in all the wide world, not even in infinite space. I was       >free, free to think, to express my thoughts, free to live my own       >ideal, free to live for myself and those I loved, free to use all my       >faculties, all my senses, free to spread imagination's wings, free to       >investigate, to guess and dream and hope, free to judge and determine       >for myself . . . I was free! I stood erect and fearlessly, joyously       >faced all worlds."              There is also freedom in just dropping the "servant, serf and slave" aspect       and facing the "ghosts and gods" person to person, loved to loved.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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