"Religion" is simply an acceptance of 'X' based on inadaquate, incomplete evidence. It's synonymous with 'faith' or 'belief'. That heuristic ends up sorting both brane physicists and Druid priestesses into the same subset. In fact, all functional humans end up in that subset. (What, you don't believe in ANYTHING?) No one has all the facts, and all human knowledge, every human mind, requires essential leaps of faith to make sense of this unfathomable universe. Where we leap is where our religion is found, and we typically congregate with those who leap in the same internal places. Scientists may have more data when they leap, and seem more rational about where they leap, but they still have religion.
Religion remains a fascinating discussion and an unwinnable argument. I so believe.
I particularly like FocksNews' report: "...the second biggest star in the universe..."
I bring Focks up merely as ongoing evidence that Rupert Murdoch bet T. Boone Pickins half-a-bill (i.e., $500M, chump change) that he could lower the average American IQ by 25 points in 25 years. And, yes, Murdoch's winning.
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"Religion" is simply an acceptance of 'X' based on inadaquate, incomplete evidence. It's synonymous with 'faith' or 'belief'. That heuristic ends up sorting both brane physicists and Druid priestesses into the same subset. In fact, all functional humans end up in that subset. (What, you don't believe in ANYTHING?) No one has all the facts, and all human knowledge, every human mind, requires essential leaps of faith to make sense of this unfathomable universe. Where we leap is where our religion is found, and we typically congregate with those who leap in the same internal places. Scientists may have more data when they leap, and seem more rational about where they leap, but they still have religion.
Religion remains a fascinating discussion and an unwinnable argument. I so believe.
Me? I'm a possibilian.
I bring Focks up merely as ongoing evidence that Rupert Murdoch bet T. Boone Pickins half-a-bill (i.e., $500M, chump change) that he could lower the average American IQ by 25 points in 25 years. And, yes, Murdoch's winning.