Creative Quotations from Voltaire for Nov 21

[cinnamonbrandylite]

he never said 'i will defend to the death' - he openly admired the person who did say that which is NOT THE SAME THING as he himself would gladly point out...

[324wilson]

"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another."

So true!

By the way, at 0:45, it's supposed to be "but" not "by."

[1987Bateman]

Voltaire is an incomparable, witty artist when it surmounts to satirical writing. Candide is a fond one of mine

[FreeOrientalist]

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors. - Voltaire.

This is one of my Favourite quotes from him.

[Grandecasla]

@FreeOrientalist thats easy for him to say, he's has been estimated to have an IQ of 190.

[cinnamonbrandylite]

@Grandecasla by who? with what evidence? which IQ - emotional? geopolitical? spatial? kinaesthetic? people who think IQ means one thing really hack me off.

[Grandecasla]

@cinnamonbrandylite I don't know, it was from a website that I have now forgotten, I am aware that its unkowable what his intelligence really would be as he died long before any intelligence test was developed.

[vanderbilt887]

The last quote in this video was actually never uttered by Voltaire. It was made up by an English biographer of his named E.B Hall - it is a complete fabrication. In the 200 volumes that span his life's work, you will *not* find it, nor would Voltaire ever have endorsed it.

[nicolas1999444]

voltaire was right... fuck the church and fuck religion

[h2omanz]

Voltaire sought to singlehandedly rid of the bible

100 yrs later his house was used to store and distribute bibles

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

lol turkey where the Nicene counsel wrote the bible was invaded and taking over by Muslims.

[h2omanz]

The bubonic plague made it easy for the muslims to conquer. The Bible holds fast and accurate as the days it was written, withstanding all that man and nature have done to destroy it. Muslims are taking over the world, Islam is to be the no. 1 religion in less than 10yrs.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

islam is winning therefore the bible is true?? lol

The fact is if Christianity was becoming 90% of the world then that would be evidence for the bible but regardless this doesn't indicate anything. Only simply that Muslims like having babies.

[h2omanz]

The Bible doesn't declare to become the no.1 religion.?? Not sure if you think that is evidence for factuality.

[h2omanz]

Well apparently you don't know what the Bible means by what you described. Its ignorance that makes it seem a like a joke....but since you don't know the dead/demons were for the disciples and by moving mts. is a metaphor.

[h2omanz]

No I stated it was a problem, kinda like a cancer

[jjason55740]

yeah but good for cancer.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

umm don't know what your talking about but the bible also says according to the bible Christians can raise the dead drive out demons and move mountains with faith lol

good luck with that.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

The muslims had millions of people die from bubonic plague lol  Baghdad and Mosul Iraq were hit hard.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

yeah I know they are metaphorical because if they were not then it would be necessary to conclude religion is bunk.lol

Don't bother accusing me of being ignorant of scripture. I'm a former born again christian who use to preach to troubled youth at juvenile correction institutions.

I've read the bible more times than I can count.

The fact is Jesus actually did these things. Exodus7:11 describes the pharoahs magicians as having magical powers like arron.

Religion is fantasy.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

sweet facts

Sweden was once a bustling christian nation but now is the most secular nation on earth and boast a 85% atheist population.

[h2omanz]

4jason

Not sure how that benefits you and gets you excited..unless you are moving there.

[jjason55740]

every nation on earth who embraces separation of church and state have a decline in church membership and increase in atheism and agnosticism.

Religion is dieing in the western world and when the middle east and Africa embrace democracy fully then you'll see some activist fight off the extremist clerics and then once that happens religion will only be in third world nations.

[h2omanz]

Didn't see my other post, so i will reply again. There is no such thing as an xborn again. You were probably 12ish when your parents dragged you to church. If one is born again the HS is self-evident /proof of God. One that is saved can walk away from God to live in sin but will not doubt His existence.There are Buddists that have read the Bible more times than you, but w/o study, heart and works is useless. If God is not real, funny how much you try to justify it, for He is in all hearts.

[jjason55740]

"If God is not real, funny how much you try to justify it, for He is in all hearts. "

What does this comment mean?? I'm an atheist who doesn't believe in gods, talking snakes, donkeys or magic.

Believe it or not disbelieving magic and talking donkeys is an amazingly rational stance.

[h2omanz]

1.(About God in everyone's heart)Every person has a God-given conscience. The Bible tells us that this is the work of the law written on their hearts and many other verses explain why atheist fight against God..Most atheists know in their hearts that there really is a God, but they dont want to be accountable to God for their actions, then it starts to make sense why they try so hard to convince others that God doesnt exist. Why fight against something you say doesn't exist?...

[h2omanz]

2.You preach come to atheism so you can die like us, instead of living a life with morals....illogical

If you don't believe in fairy tales of the Bible, but it makes sense that rocks will eventually walk and talk, and that Sasquatch is real? ToE

is a modern day fairy tale in itself

Video games/internet is the downfall of the next generation. Lazy, gullible and brainwashed from such things as Zeitgeist movie, internet pages of untutored fact etc...

[h2omanz]

3. these are what the future holds. It's downhill from here. Where's a link to christian dropouts?

Used to Babel? I think you did a pretty good job. Reread it...If I have to slow it down...you were never a Christian. The bit about if there was no book,-what about Darwins?And lord of the rings???Babel?

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

Sabertooth tigers walked the earth 10'000 years ago.

10,000,000 years ago they didn't exist.

evolution explains this issue.

The talking snake doesn't.

[jjason55740]

I also find it ironic when I was a believer no one ever questioned my education background but when someone acknowledges that a book of talking snakes and magic couldn't possibly be real then that's when all of a sudden educational background is an issue.The fact is a dumb uneducated bum can be a christian and know nothing about mathematics or science but have in depth knowledge of biblical scripture.Religion makes people arrogant. There is no way 1 book cab be theSumOfEverything.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

They holy spirit isn't real. I've already told you that you wouldn't know about your religion unless their was a bible for you to learn from. Christianity is learned I repeat Christianity is learned. And I promise you the only reason you believe that atheist do believe in god is because you don't understand why this disbelieve. When i was christian i believed that atheist didn't exist aswell. And god is superstition and superstition is a hindrance to social advancement.

[h2omanz]

How can you know when you've haven't been given the HS? Matt 7:7

Probably as a child your parents dragged you through the motions. I was an atheist and grew up believing in evolution, until I did my own research(for the past 20+yrs studying language and religion alone)to say that I've been taught?lol. I've been on this subject as long as you have been born. Again you were never a Christian. Evo. is the problem for the slow down in Science, for ToE is clearly not science,rather-bias naturalism.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

listen if you were blind deaf and quadriplegic you wouldn't know anything about your religion.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

you need to consider everything you know about your religion was learned using your 5 senses . You did not learn about your deity through some supernatural entity.

Put your hands over your eyes and try reading the bible then over your ears and it's immpossible to hear someone speak about religion. Mohomad also says that the hs informs people of scripture . And so do hindu's jews Zoroastrians.

You should consider that religion is to easy to be true. A caveman can believe it.

[h2omanz]

Here's why your comment holds no truth. God came to the ones chosen to write the books for future generations. If God was to just show up to all to reveal Himself it is a scare tactic and goes against freewill and the faith that He requires us to come to him.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz listen the holy spirit is bunk. The Nicene counsel member that Constantine sent voted for and against all you biblical scripture. Some members voted for books that made it into the bible and then voted for books that didn't win the majority vote . The holy spirit was telling some members to vote on including 1 scripture and some it was saying to vote against that scripture.

You need to understand if the bible said to eat mushrooms to find the HS you would find it.

[jjason55740]

listen your bible describes what I said about agriculture. You need to understand that all of the technology we have and new discovery wouldn't be possible during the iceage times because we all would be busy looking for berries and and hunting. Cain Abel were farmers. Then Noah had live stock cattle then Abraham has a huge family and owns cattle and farmland then the tribe gets so big they then have craftsman/tradesmen then kings and government only possible with ice age ending and farming

[titteringfiend1]

@jjason55740 that's a stupid book you have there.

[h2omanz]

sabertooth comment:

10,000 yrs ago?.

10.000.000yrs ago they didn't exist?.....unfortunately there is no proof of any of this. Why if modern man is 200.000 yrs old it took them 194.000ish yrs to establish the first civilization, language? From riding camels to flying rockets within 6,000 yrs?Why is there no history prior 10.000 yrs?Funny how it seems like man/civilization just appeared.

Talking snake is thought/possible to of been Satan hiding behind a tree, again you believe in talking rocks.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

what??? listen the reason why there isn't "written history" prior to 10'000 bc is because before then the ice age had prehistoric man living as hunter and gathers who were constantly moving nomads always looking for a bite to eat but along ended the ice age and then agriculture was possible and it gave people time to sit around settle down build a permanent home and think have sex and make a bunch of children and then assign each one with tasks and bam civilization.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

also you obviously haven't studied archeology because there wasn't any written language until no earlier that 4000 bc so the 10'000 year thing I don't know where you are getting.

People don't build big heavy things unless they have a stationary food source. and when you are hiking 10 miles a day tracking a deer you can't carry alot so you have only the basics. but it would take an accidence for someone to notice that the seeds they dropped grew into plants and try growing crop.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

umm actually there is. I see that you aren't aware of basic archeological and prehistory and unfortunately you won't acknowledge facts. No matter what i say you will want to believe that the world is 10'000 years old. You fail to realize that when you are a nomad living in the ice age then you are busy looking for food and life expectancy is lower and children can't become to plentiful otherwise they consume all the food so less children means less thinking minds until agriculture

[h2omanz]

Supply a link with stats of Christian dropouts. If Atheists are so smart then why hasn't Sweden produced the next best thing. Or FInland, Denmark? Proof of this would be evident in countries with 80% atheistic. Again supply a link to why you are so smart.Not one from an atheists page but rather a creditable source.

[jjason55740]

I have no link. I'm telling from experience. I was born and raised in the deep south and almost everyone is a christian. I know you will say that there were not "true christian" but I promise you every unemployed bum who lives in a shitty trailer and on welfare believes in god and says they are thankful for "gods blessings"

every atheist I ever met went to college and reads alot of books and are computer savy and concern themselves with politics and current issues. Thats from experience.

[h2omanz]

So white trailer trash Christians are dumber than white trailer trash book reading atheists? This is creditable? -thanks

[h2omanz]

Yeah France the UK too has the same problem

[jjason55740]

Thats good. atheism is a indicator of intelligence .

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

Voltaire home country eradicated Christianity in france and is now over run by atheist.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

know atheism is taking grounds in america.

I am in the secular humanism chapter and every chapter nationwide has tripled in the past 4 years.

The internet is killing god. Young youth can go on the internet and learn about all the different philosophy b4 they are fully indoctrinated. Millions of American youth are atheist and the parents don't even know and the kids will pretend they believe that way the parents don't know but one they are in college they join secular groups.

[h2omanz]

All part of the plan. Its a lazy generation. Millions of youth are atheistic?, your # are too high, but soon it will come to be.

sweet fact

US has 3-10% agnostic-atheism.

[jjason55740]

yes and that "percentage" is growing unlike religion.

Also you should know that the average life expectancy during the times of the bible was barely at 30 and mostly 29. and in a time where teenagers were kings and queens it's very likely that your prophets were teenagers lol

Jesus was a little kid preaching to other people lol

And those "lazy" kids you speak of are mostly in college . lol Most of your drop outs are christian.

[jjason55740]

@h2omanz

I know for a fact that most high school drop outs are christian. Maybe not "Real Christians" as you might put it but the do believe in Jesus. I know this because they were some of my classmates I left behold when I grew up and moved on to bigger and better things.I'm not trying in anyway to suggest that Christians are stupid but simply pointing out the fact that dumb people are almost always theists.

[jjason55740]

you didn't make much sense. I use to to babel like that when I was a christian.call me what you want. But regardless I was a believer and I did preach the bible to others. But i know the truth now.I think you should consider the fact that your religion was taught to you and didn't come from the "holy spirit" . You would not be a christian unless a man wrote a book and gave it to you to read.

I could also conclude that since you don't believe lord of the rings you can't say you know about it.

[WWH7]

"Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense."

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

-Voltaire

[Death2EmptyHeads]

We must cultivate our garden.

[GABEUDEU]

Mais où est vous donc les français??? presque rien sur Voltaire et encore un site anglophone où à peinne 125 personnes sont venus.!!!

Voltaire for me is one of the most brilliant philosopher, the master of tolerance , the actual world need a person like Him.

I am very lucky to live in the small city he spent a large part of his life: Ferney-Voltaire.

[wahnano]

Bonjour monsieur, je ne suis pas francais mais j'aime les pensees de Voltaire comme les pensees de shakespear et les pensees de Goethe..etc

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