Tuesday 17 April 2012

Penn and Teller:Holier Than Thou

This should be the last episode of Penn and Teller that I am broadcasting, today at least

And this one highlights two of the world’s greatest faith con-artists,

In terms of Mother Teresa, real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhui, who was a religious zealot, As well as one of the greatest most bigoted people ever become a profit of a faith.

And yes he did exist

As he was Ghandi and just as proof that he existed you can see his grandson.

Phrases of wisdom from Penn and Teller

1. the enemy of my enemy is not my friend

2. The lesser of two evils is still evils

3. Remember this there is no such thing as holier than thou

4. And my favourite Christopher Hitchens saying

“Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”

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