"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false..." - Atheism vs Christianity

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Silts

More options Aug 28 2008, 10:45 am

From: Silts <siln...@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:45:40 -0700

Local: Thurs, Aug 28 2008 10:45 am

Subject: Re: [AvC] Re: "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false..."

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wow, what a magic bean response! i mean it in the positive sense. thanks dad
: )

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Drafterman <drafter...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's called rhetoric, son.

> On Aug 27, 10:17 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
> > 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.

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