|
|
|
|
This page is big!
If it fails to load fully, please click Refresh on your browser menu.
It's fully loaded when you see the purple menu bar at the foot of the page.
reetings from Australia.
Welcome to this Red-Letter Day. Below you will find today's global celebrations, birthdays and events.
First time here? See the Index for
How it works
Celebrate each and every day with a free subscription to the daily ezine. You can apply by form or send a blank email. Read what the 'Almaniacs' (members) say about Wilson's Almanac.
I request your support if this website pleases and informs you, as this is my livelihood. Thank you, from the bottom of my fridge.
Inquiries from publishers are welcome, but, dear reader, please don't use my work without my written permission. If I've inadvertently used something of yours that you consider not to fall under the fair use doctrine, please tell me and I'll remove it.
Carpe diem! (Seize the day!)
Our news on your homepage (that is, if you use My Yahoo, which we recommend for your start-up page)
|
|
|
As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, – as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen, – and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Where do we find a precept in the
Bible for Creeds, Confessions, Doctrines and Oaths, and whole carloads
of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered with in these days? I have examined all the known
superstitions of the word, and I do not find in our particular
superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike
founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and
children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt,
tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this
coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half
hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth. What influence in fact have
Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society? In many
instances they have been upholding the thrones of political tyranny.
In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the liberties
of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have
found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government,
instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy.
|
|
Among
the most detestable villains in history, you could not find one worse than
Moses. Here is an order, attributed to 'God' to butcher the boys, to
massacre the mothers and to debauch and rape the daughters. I would not
dare so dishonor my Creator's name by (attaching) it to this filthy book
(the Bible).
Thomas Paine, American revolutionary philosopher
As
to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think
the System of Morals and his Religion ... has received various corrupting
Changes, and I have, with most of the present dissenters in England, some
doubts as to his Divinity; tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon,
having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now,
when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the Truth with less trouble.
Benjamin Franklin, A Biography in his Own Words,
edited by Thomas Fleming, p. 404, (1972, Newsweek, New York, NY) quoting
letter by Franklin to Exra Stiles,
March 9, 1790
David Frost: Say is this still a Christian
Country?
Billy Graham: No! We're not a Christian Country. We've
never been a Christian Country. We're a secular Country, by our
constitution. In which Christians live and which many Christians have a
voice. But we're not a Christian Country.
Dr Billy Graham
is an American evangelist and associate of US presidents; Sir David
Frost is a British interviewer
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
Will Rogers, American comedian, born on November 4, 1879, The Illiterate Digest
I don't belong to any organized party. I'm a Democrat.
Will Rogers
When I die, my epitaph is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like." I am so proud of that I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. And when you come to my grave you will find me sitting there, proudly reading it.
Will Rogers
We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.
Sir Anthony
Eden, British prime minister, on the Suez crisis, November 4, 1956
You have got to be joking. Whether the Treasurer wished to go there or not, I would forbid him going to the Senate to account to this unrepresentative swill over there.
Australian Prime Minister Paul
Keating, refusing to allow Treasurer John Dawkins to appear before a Senate inquiry, November 4, 1992
November 4
is
the 308th
day of the year in the Gregorian
Calendar (309th
in leap years), with 57
days remaining.
Calendar converter Almanacs,
calendars, time, dedicated weeks, etc
Almanac screensavers
On this day
Dictionary
I
recommend
IMDB
days
IMDB years
Wikipedia days
Wiki decades
Wiki centuries
Timelines
Conversions
Calendrica
Lunabar
Birthday calculator
When 'Source'
links on this page move address or die, I might allow them to stay here, but the
Wayback Machine might help you
locate the original.
Sometimes called
'Mischief Night', though more often that name is applied to October 30 (the
night before Halloween) or April 30 (the Eve
of Beltaine/May Day).
It's traditionally a day to make gingerbread and 'Plot
Toffee'.
![Veterans Day, USA [ Nov 11 ]](http://img.123greetings.com/homeimages/side_enov_veteransday_1_3.gif){kind=small}
