Of Superstition by Sir Francis Bacon n' Eggs (I had to)

Ya' got me! I was so convinced Bacon was giving the godless crew props, but that crafty Devil was merely using us in a "lesser-of-the-two-evils" example! Perhaps I would have realized that ahead of time if I had read the very first line more carefully: "It were better to have no opinion of God at all than that such an opinion as is unworthy of him." I suppose you read things the way you want them to be. I respect his opinion though. Bacon's sticking to his guns. If you're going to believe in my god, do it right, or don't do it at all. I respect that. My favorite part has got to be the listing. "The causes of Superstition are: etc etc etc" I'll spare you the list but it's funny.

Of Marriage and Single Life...well, Bacon lost me there. I'm not a fan of marriage...at all, so when I read "Chaste women are often proud and froward as presuming upon the merit of their chastity," Let us take note that "froward" here means 'ill-tempered', I was far from amused. Then again, I'm a contemporary woman...maybe unmarried 17th century women were proud and ill-tempered.