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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Augustine On Idolatry

Posted by Bill @ 9:51 pm CST
Filed under: Contemplation

“An idol is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that ought to be worshipped."

- Augustine

[H/T - BHT]

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1. Prince Beelzebub - 11/16/2008 1:01 am CST

I return after two years only to find the same coma-inducing blather. No fun. No glamour. No snap, no bling. Just banal excrement that will get you nowhere in this world.

Pay me a visit if you would like that to change, my dears. I have returned stronger than ever.

Your friend until The End,
PrinceB

2. Quaid - 11/16/2008 9:28 am CST

Uhhhh . . . okay.

Anyway - it's cool to think that this was written hundreds and hundreds of years ago, but it isn't difficult to understand or think about.

I like the definition . . .

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