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The_Dude · 08-06-2003, 04:27 PM

i found this quote somewhere on the net and i have yet to find who said it.

Quote:

" [God] is the creation of ignorant and frightened humans in need of explanation to the fundamental quagmire of their existance."

i've heard people say it's from jesse ventura to nietzsche.

can anyone shine a lil more light on this?

druhim · 08-06-2003, 06:03 PM

Googling the phrase doesn't turn up anything. I'd guess that your quote is modified from the original.

nietzsche · 08-06-2003, 06:16 PM

I don't think it is nietzsche. I could be wrong though.

druhim · 08-06-2003, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nietzsche
I don't think it is nietzsche. I could be wrong though.

Well, I'd think you would know.

chavos · 08-06-2003, 06:23 PM

http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:Xhwg9P38MLsJ:http://www.atheist-community.org/aud...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

that is the only place that that phrase appears online...try asking the moderators of the newsgroup.

dtheriault · 08-07-2003, 01:06 AM

almost sounds like something ambrose bierce would say in "the devil's dictionary."

Easytiger · 08-08-2003, 07:00 PM

It's not witty enough for Ambrose Bierce. It sounds more like Marx to me.

rogue49 · 08-08-2003, 07:19 PM

Doesn't come up in the quotationspage search

http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3

Moonduck · 08-08-2003, 08:32 PM

Doesn't flow well enough to what I would think a professional quote-producer would put out. You know, people like Bierce, Twain, etc. Probably either a butchered rendition of what some good wordsmith produced, or, more likely, something some hack uttered in a vanity piece.

08-06-2003, 06:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
druhim Upright	Googling the phrase doesn't turn up anything. I'd guess that your quote is modified from the original. __________________ "It's about morale. With weak legs and a good head, you can go a long way. With good legs and a weak head you go nowhere." - Paul Kimmage

08-06-2003, 06:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
nietzsche Upright Location: The middle of a cold country	I don't think it is nietzsche. I could be wrong though. __________________ Man is condemned to be free

08-07-2003, 01:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
dtheriault Psycho Location: maybe utah	almost sounds like something ambrose bierce would say in "the devil's dictionary." __________________ "Remember, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen." -Homer Unless you are the freakin Highlander, what is the point in learning how to fight with a sword?

08-06-2003, 06:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
chavos Banned Location: St. Paul, MN	http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:Xhwg9P38MLsJ:http://www.atheist-community.org/aud...hl=en&ie=UTF-8 that is the only place that that phrase appears online...try asking the moderators of the newsgroup.

08-08-2003, 07:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Easytiger Insane Location: Tigerland	It's not witty enough for Ambrose Bierce. It sounds more like Marx to me.

08-08-2003, 07:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	Doesn't come up in the quotationspage search http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3

08-08-2003, 08:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	Doesn't flow well enough to what I would think a professional quote-producer would put out. You know, people like Bierce, Twain, etc. Probably either a butchered rendition of what some good wordsmith produced, or, more likely, something some hack uttered in a vanity piece.