> Love this group, coz aside from getting wise/clever responses exactly what
> I need; someone also can check the spelling for me : )

> How I wish TG can already give you a hug and cookies for all this bluemage
> : )

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:30 PM, bluemage <MageSt...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Aug 27, 7:17 am, Silts <siln...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as
>> false,
>> > and by the rulers as useful." (Seneca the Younger, 5 BC – 65 AD)

>> > Could anyone share his thoughts about his definition of "common people"
>> from
>> "his" is gender biased.  It would be best to sacrifice grammar at the
>> altar of political correctness and use "their" as a plural possessive,
>> even though it is meant to be a singular possessive.  If enough people
>> use "their" in the plural sense it will catch on.
>> > the above quote in relation to what Christians claim to be famous "wise"
>> > skeptic St Agustin of Hippo converted to Christian. St Agustin is
>> > considerably "wise" right? correct me if otherwise, so does this mean
>> his
>> > conversion takes away this "wiseness" and turned him into one of the
>> "common
>> > people"? If yes, please elaborate how. Thanks.
>> Don't read into the quote too much.  Seneca is just saying that he
>> thinks religion is bullshit.
>> And it's Augustine.  Please use spell check.  Download Mozilla firefox.