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Who is George Bernard Shaw? Genius or Mad Man?

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright.  he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings deal sternly with prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy to make their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care and class privilege.   Shaw wrote five unsuccessful novels at the start of his career between 1879 and 1883. Eventually all were published. Shaw was pro-Islam , Socialist-Marxist  and defended Hitler mass murder finally was the Nobel Prize Recipient in 1925. Some of his most famous quotes. A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.           George Bernard Shaw   A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw  A lifetime of ...

Children say the Funniest Things

~~~~~~~~~~   A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.  The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'. The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?' The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, 'I'm drawing God.' The teacher paused and said, 'But no one knows what God looks like' ...

Happy Easter!

~ Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless. ~ share this Easter saying Charles M. Crowe ~ The story of Easter is the story of God's wonderful window of divine surprise. ~ share this Easter saying Carl Knudsen ~ Easter tells us that life is to be interpreted not simply in terms of things but in terms of ideals. ~ share this Easter saying Charles M. Crowe ~ Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. ~ share this Easter saying Clarence W. Hall ~ Easter so longed for is gone in a day. ~ share this Easter saying James Howell ~ Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. ~ share this Easter saying Clarence W. Hall ~ On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. ~ share this Easter saying Douglas Horton ~ Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. ~ share this Easter saying S.D. Gordon ~ Those have a short Lent, ...

The Funny Things Kids Say.

KIDS IN CHURCH. 3-year-old Reese : ' Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen. '  A little boy was overheard praying:  ' Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it.  I'm having a real good time like I am. '    After the christening of his baby brother in church,  Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car.  His father asked him three times what was wrong.  Finally, the boy replied,  ' That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home,  and I wanted to stay with you guy s. ' One particular four-year-old prayed,  ' And forgive us our trash baskets  as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets. '  A Sunday school teac...