I know he was critical of religion, but it says he was presbytarian. And maybe a freemason.
Either way he is a good writer. What do you think?
Mark Twain wasnt an atheist i think
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At 8/11/16 01:32 PM, X-Gary-Gigax-X wrote: A healthy skepticism of your ideology is actually a good thing, and shows more devotion rather than disloyalty
Its good to challenge elements of it to explain it to people, considering the massive superstitious people "Likely he disliked that you could just use it to heal them in terms of bodily form (Which i agree with when one uses faith healing vs scientific knowledge of treatments versa versa). Not to say faith healing is bad, just that you replace scientific knowledge which is clearly in error.
Most of this is his personal views i got from wiki atleast
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#Religion
I admire most of his works and books.
Mark Twain was an Assassin. He couldn't have been a Freemason.
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Faith has little to do with why he was great as a storyteller and a creative mind. He was a brilliant and wise man despite any religious ilk.
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At 8/11/16 01:43 PM, Phobotech wrote: Faith has little to do with why he was great as a storyteller and a creative mind. He was a brilliant and wise man despite any religious ilk.
Its more to just disprove some claims by atheists. But your fruits sorta makes you great ^^
Religion is such a hard thing to pin down, unless someone comes out and directly says "I specifically believe in x" its hard to say. For example, if I say "I'm Christian", I could be Catholic, Baptist, Protestant, etc.
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Isn't that the guy who wrote cat in the hat?
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At 8/11/16 05:18 PM, NewgroundsNation wrote: Isn't that the guy who wrote cat in the hat?
You're thinking of Dr. Seuss. Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was already worm food when Dr. Seuss came around.
I'm not sure about Mark Twain's stance on religion is as important as his crushing cynicism about everything. Fun fact, The Mysterious Stranger was one of the works that influenced Evangelion.
Fun fact, The Mysterious Stranger was one of the works that influenced Evangelion.
You mean this.. Its quite freaky i'll give it that. But pretty well done.
I don't care what religion someone is or was. He was a good writer.
Is that relevant to how his writing was?
Mark Twain is a dead man.
Mark Twain's beliefs don't matter anymore.
Go read The Mysterious Stranger and the collective writings that exist pertaining to it.
