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To: Berosus; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Berosus.
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil. Usually the strength of a mass movement is proportionate to the vividness and tangibility of its devil.
-- Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer", p 86
94 posted on 03/23/2014 4:26:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil. Usually the strength of a mass movement is proportionate to the vividness and tangibility of its devil.

-- Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer", p 86

Good one, Civ.

97 posted on 03/23/2014 6:34:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (NASA: N othing A bout S pace A nymore - - FreperClearCase_guy)
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