“Johnnie, the nice thing about citing God as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to… — Robert A. Heinlein
“Johnnie, the nice thing about citing God as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove. It’s just a matter of selecting the proper postulates, then insisting that your postulates are ‘inspired.’ Then no one can possibly prove that you are wrong.”
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