To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine

captaincrash41 · 7 months

I'm going to post this to see how many of my fundie "friends" like it just because it's a quote from a historical figure.

malimbar04 · 7 months

I like it!

Though, I think of it like the way we irradicated smallpox. We tried to treat the sick, but in the end it wasn't for the sake of the sick - they often died anyways. It was instead for the healthy around them, who were all immunized to the disease.

linearcore · 7 months

Every day I love Thomas Paine just a little bit more. It may start getting into creepy territory soon, but I will power through!

orp0piru · 7 months

No Paine, no gain.

Keith5544 · 7 months

but some would enjoy beating a dead horse just for the lulz

SuddenXxdeathxx · 7 months

Re-fucking-post!

apieceofeight23 · 7 months

There's a little more to that quote.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead or trying to convert an atheist with Scripture.

But, I definitely understand leaving that part out. It wouldn't really be very helpful, would it?


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