"The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar."
"Fairy tales are more than true – not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."
"Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out."
Joe and Lee look at some quotations commonly attributed to G. K. Chesterton and answer the question: did Chesterton really say that? They also rank the quotations investigated on a tier chart of plausibility. This is a fun one - don't miss it! #chesterton #fakequotes
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IN THIS EPISODE:
00:30 - Topic Intro
03:25 - Introducing our Ranking Chart
04:33 - "Just going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car."
07:45 - "If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God."
10:33 - "When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything."
15:42 - "The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar."
19:45 - "In Catholicism, the Pint, the Pipe and the Cross can all fit together."
23:20 - "A man knocking on the door of a brothel is knocking for God."
27:43 - "When it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."
29:55 - "I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees."
32:37 - "A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition."
36:34 - "Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions."
39:47 - (Lee is sad.) "Fairy tales are more than true – not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."
44:16 - "Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out."
48:50 - The Complete Chart and Summing Up
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