Oscar Wilde had it right

hbob82 · 7 months

Oscar Wilde, strangely enough, flirted with Roman Catholicism his entire life and was baptized a Catholic on his deathbed, probably at his own request. He was a big fan of the Pope at the time (Pius IX), and was impressed and enjoyed a lot of theology and religious literature during his life.

propagationofsound · 7 months

/r/gonewilde

oscarwildecat · 7 months

I love basically everything about Oscar Wilde, which is why I picked this username even though I'm a chick.

SimilarImage · 7 months

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danxmason · 7 months

This quote is fascinating because it appeals to confirmation bias on both sides:

Atheist side: The cat is imaginary and the blind man found it because he's using his imagination. I like this quote because it shows that religious people are delusional.
Theist side: The cat is supernatural and the blind man found it because he has a connection to the supernatural. I like this quote because it shows that atheists can't see the truth.

flabbigans · 7 months

If he's blind then the blackness of the cat and the room seems irrelevant.

[deleted] · 7 months

He was a cool looking dude in that pic. He looked totally hip.

robbor · 7 months

Schrödinger's cat!

Purpole · 7 months

Oh look, it's Naniwa

Gothars · 7 months

Thats actually not thoroughly thought through. In a dark room a blind man would have a better chance than a seeing man to find a black cat. In fact, the seeing man might even deny the existence of the cat, because he can't hear and feel it like that blind man can.

I think we should not use this specific quote anymore.

BigBreakfast · 7 months

As far as I know, Oscar Wilde was actually a very religious man. He certainly wrote a lot on the subject.

cessna172fan · 7 months

He looks like Howard from Big Bang Theory! :)

Divinar · 7 months

No, they claim to have found the cat - but no one has ever seen it!

3M0N1C · 7 months

Oscar Wilde is my husbando. <3

onlychildsyndrome · 7 months

He looks freakishly like Howard from TBBT...cannot unsee.

Iron-Charioteer · 7 months

Don't read De Profundis. It's Wilde at his worst and least whimsical and most religious. An atheist might try and point to cause and effect - let me do so now. He got boring when he got Jesus.

Ragnalypse · 7 months

Pretty sure you misinterpreted this quote.

cianplusweed · 7 months

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