“Santa Claus is a god. He's no less a god than Ahura Mazda, or Odin, or Zeus. Think of the white beard, the chariot pulled through the air by a breed of animal which doesn't ordinarily fly, the prayers (requests for gifts) which are annually mailed to him and which so baffle the Post Office, the specially-garbed priests in all the department stories. And don't gods reflect their creators' society? The Greeks had a huntress goddess, and gods of agriculture and war and love. What else would we have but a god of giving, of merchandising, and of consumption?” ThinkingGivingWarStoriesPrayerWhiteAnimalAirOfficeAnd LoveCreatorPostsGreekDepartmentPriestsGoddessConsumptionAgricultureSantaRequestBeardSanta ClausZeusChariotsPost OfficeOdinHuntressMerchandising Author:Donald E. Westlake
“It is a curious paradox of human history that a doctrine that tells human beings to regard themselves as sacrificial animals has been accepted as a doctrine representing benevolence and love for mankind.” HumansHas BeensHuman BeingsAnimalAtheismMankindAnd LoveRegardPositive AtheismAcceptedDoctrineCuriousParadoxHuman HistoryBenevolenceRepresenting Book:Honoring the Self Source: Honoring the Self
“My worst job was packing animal feed in a warehouse in Gloucestershire when I was a student. It was a very strange environment. It was hung heavy with oat dust, the place was infested with mice, and everyone who worked there was over 60, and I was 18. It was crazy. Apologies to anyone who works in animal-feed packing industry and loves it.” JobsAnimalEnvironmentCrazyWorstStudentsStrangeIndustryAnd LoveHeavyDustApologyHungMicePackingWarehouse Author:Simon Pegg
“I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.” SometimesAnimalInterestingTreeConversationAnd LoveWeatherInteresting Conversation Author:Shan Sa
“A reasonable being should ask himself why - if chemicals can enter into plants, and plants be taken up into animals, and animals be taken into man - why man himself, who is the peak of visible creation, should be denied the privilege of being assimilated into a higher power? The rose has no right to say that there is no life above it and neither has man, who has a vast capacity and unconquerable yearning for eternal life and truth and love.” IfsMenShouldAsksAnimalTakenCreationHigherEternalCapacityAnd LoveRosePlantPrivilegeVisibleReasonableChemicalsDeniedYearningEternal LifeHigher PowerTruth And LoveUnconquerable Book:Go to Heaven: A Spiritual Road Map to Eternity Source: Go to Heaven: A Spiritual Road Map to Eternity