Ridicule is the only weapon [Jefferson]

October 8, 2008 By Daniel Florien 4 Comments

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.

—Thomas Jefferson

Filed Under: Apologetics, Atheism, Christianity, Faith, Fundamentalism, Quotes 4 Comments

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  1. Larian LeQuella says:
    October 12, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    I love that quote! :) Sadly, in the region I live in, they can’t even understand the ridicule!

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  2. Harrison says:
    December 15, 2008 at 2:31 am

    Ha, you know they would just take it as an affront to their religion and then threaten you with hel or something.

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  3. Pvblivs says:
    May 10, 2009 at 9:58 pm

         I disagree completely. A proposition must be intelligible before it can be ridiculed. There are many things that Jefferson did with which I agree. But ridicule is the tool of weak minds to prevent people from listening to ideas the weak minds don’t like but cannot argue against.

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  4. Blaz says:
    November 30, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    I think someone needs a better sense of humor. You may not want to believe it, but people who poke fun and make jokes may be as smart as you, or smarter. Those political parodies? They can be just as valid as the more serious stuff.

    It shouldn’t be used to insult reasonable people who follow a religion, but the quote is still funny and makes sense if used right.

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