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To: Belteshazzar

I’ve read a bit of Chesterton. What a bloviator. He has this formula to sound profound but when you think about what he says it is just trite -

It is not that what the bible says is true, it is that what we say is true is the bible.

Ok, Thanks G.K.


25 posted on 03/31/2014 7:00:42 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

That is not a G.K quote, that is a G.K. parody.


26 posted on 03/31/2014 7:01:07 PM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA; BipolarBob; Iscool; .45 Long Colt
I’ve read a bit of Chesterton. What a bloviator. He has this formula to sound profound but when you think about what he says it is just trite - It is not that what the bible says is true, it is that what we say is true is the bible. Ok, Thanks G.K.

Mr. Furious: Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? "If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up". "If you want to go left, you have to go right." It's...
The Sphinx: Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage...
Mr. Furious: ..."your rage will become your master"? That's what you were going to say, right? Right?
The Sphinx: Not necessarily.

54 posted on 03/31/2014 7:20:55 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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