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Our Preposterous Fictions

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The preposterous fictions many profess to be unvarnished truth warp the very fabric of our universe -- cause those long dead to walk among us through the spectral midnights in our minds. The bone dust of those past millennia films our eyes, coats our shelves of sacred primers, those missals unquestionable in their catechistic authority -- so we become the acolytes of those controllers who have themselves always been instructed, conditioned, and suppressed by generations of such teachers -- through example, reward, or punishment. Think! Open up your mind! The truly free do not fear to question and to decide the truth or falsity of any proposition, any statement or assertion and to declare what they have concluded to be true. Or false.

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Date: 6/20/2016 9:49:00 PM
Inundated by some schism well worth that title
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Date: 6/18/2016 4:04:00 AM
Leo, we must think for ouselves, question and do our own research, for in that light we may make our own incredible discoveries. This is a great poem my friend! 7 ; )
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Date: 6/11/2016 6:29:00 AM
Very thought provoking. Are there any absolutes? I love learning....inquiry learning will always bring a reward...the acquisition of knowledge.....the understanding of self. Thank you for your visit to my work...
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