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On Health and Religion

September 5, 2009 - 11:08pm

And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the
sick.

And he said unto them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither
staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two
coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence
depart. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city,
shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”

And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the
gospel, and healing everywhere — as long as they had private health
insurance.

“Creeds must disagree: it is the whole fun of the thing. If I think the universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we may argue humanely, we may argue with great mutual benefit; but, obviously, we must argue. Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence. To say that I must not deny my opponent’s faith is to say I must not discuss it . . . It is absurd to have a discussion on Comparative Religions if you don’t compare them.” — “The History of Religions,” The Illustrated London News, 10 October 1908 – G. K. Chesterton

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