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   Message 802 of 2,497   
   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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