Hiya, Mencken!

[serai]

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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

-- H.L. Mencken


I love this guy.

Comments

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hee. That does about sum it up for me too, sadly.

I also liked a quote from Dan Savage (sex & love advice columnist) on his podcast recently: "I'm a cultural Christian; I have a Christmas tree but not a personal savior."

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

Heh - very nicely put. As are so many of Mencken's pithy sayings.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Mencken did have a lovely way of putting things, didn't he?

[serai1.livejournal.com]

He had a real talent for melding the acerbic with the elegant. So much of his writing still holds up today. In fact, his stuff about religion is even more timely now.

(I also loved his portrayal in Inherit the Wind because, well, Gene Kelly fangirl me!)