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← Established Christianity has bred clerical pride, lay servility, bigotry and persecution
17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 19 Sept 1893 to 21 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Established Christianity has bred clerical pride, lay servility, bigotry and persecution
Established Christianity has bred clerical pride, lay servility, bigotry and persecution
JM
James Madison — holds since c. 1784–1785 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Moral virtues were contrived by politicians, as the offspring of flattery working on pride — tap to centre the map on it
Moral virtues were contrived by politicians, as the offspring of flattery working on pride
BM
Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse — tap to centre the map on it
Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse
Last stated 133 years ago
19 Sept 1893
SV
Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pagans blame Christianity for their afflictions but not their gods for Rome's earlier corruption — tap to centre the map on it
Pagans blame Christianity for their afflictions but not their gods for Rome's earlier corruption
AH
Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 413–426 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Religion has come to mean defending human commentaries and spreading hatred rather than charity — tap to centre the map on it
Religion has come to mean defending human commentaries and spreading hatred rather than charity
BS
Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Piety founded on reason and truth is secure; piety founded on feeling and inclination will not last — tap to centre the map on it
Piety founded on reason and truth is secure; piety founded on feeling and inclination will not last
MA
Mary Astell — holds since c. 1694–1697 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nobler Christianity affirms equality and forbids vengeance, including what is called punishment — tap to centre the map on it
A nobler Christianity affirms equality and forbids vengeance, including what is called punishment
GS
George Bernard Shaw — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Religious wars came from refusing toleration, not from diversity of opinion — tap to centre the map on it
Religious wars came from refusing toleration, not from diversity of opinion
JL
John Locke — holds since c. 1689 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans are religious by nature and atheism cannot prevail long — tap to centre the map on it
Humans are religious by nature and atheism cannot prevail long
EB
Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it
“Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken.
Last stated 4 months ago
19 Jun 2026
RJ
Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it
A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off
TP
Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it
A deep life is a good life
CN
Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
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