A Bitter Red Pill

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I’m not impressed by the quality of the conversation on either side of [the science vs. religion] controversy. There’s better religious thought, and there’s better scientific thought, and they don’t engage.

There are people who, for one reason or another, have a bad experience with religion. They drop out at the age of 12—this seems to be characteristic of most of religion’s major critics. And then they spend the rest of their lives attacking a 12-year-old’s conception of religion. Part of the responsibility certainly does lie with religion, because the people who claim it often don’t do it any justice at all.

On the other hand, there’s an idea of science which is not serious. A notion of science which presents itself as all-knowing, all rationalizing, when in fact the best science has always engaged with mystery. With the possibility of error. And the whole complexity of how human beings can know what they know, and so on.

Science is very alert to error, excited by it, pleased by it! If someone can reverse some important position that science has taken, a thrill passes through the scientific community. That tends not to be the way that it’s represented. So I think there’s something tacky, and sort of below the dignity of both sides, in the controversy that’s going on now.

- Marilynne Robinson, writer

Source: The Atlantic

18 May 2 Permalink
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14 February 4 Permalink
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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary. Science keeps religion from sinking into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzing obscurantism. Religion prevents science from falling into the marsh of obsolete materialism and moral nihilism.

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source: The Huffington Post

16 January 5 Permalink
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MTV: 1, Dave Mustaine: 0

  • MTV Hive: Rick Perry claimed in a recent campaign ad that there's a war on Christianity. As an intelligent, seemingly non-crazy Christian, do you agree with him?
  • Dave Mustaine: I think there's enough evidence that shows there is some effort being made toward controlling religion.
  • MTV Hive: Could you give me an example?
  • Dave Mustaine: It's pretty clear that they're taking prayer out of school. It's been happening for a very long time. The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it. I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page. They're taking God out of the schools to dumb us down.
  • MTV Hive: I'm almost positive they're trying to have the opposite effect.

Source: roadrunnerrecords.com

19 December Permalink
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Sometimes I’d rather be a tree frog. I don’t think they fall asleep worried that they’ve been a bad tree frog that afternoon or envying kingfishers or resenting their own diet or habitat. They just seem to spend 100% of their time being magnificent at being a tree frog. We spend most of our time regardless of our religion or lack of it, disappointed in ourselves, ashamed of ourselves, envious of others—always becoming and rarely being.

- Stephen Fry, comedian (in response to the question “What precisely was the knowledge that God didn’t want Adam & Eve to have?”)

Source: quora.com

10 November 2 Permalink
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Jobs’ New Job

Jobs’ New Job

Source: mattbors.com

14 October 47 Permalink
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You could say this person Haddaway with God.

You could say this person Haddaway with God.

Source: wins.failblog.org

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TOASTY!! (via thedailywhat)

TOASTY!! (via thedailywhat)

Source: thedailywhat

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Oh Billy. He’s done it again. (Create your own Bill O’Reilly Proves God meme here.)

Oh Billy. He’s done it again. (Create your own Bill O’Reilly Proves God meme here.)

10 February 3 Permalink
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You -Can’t- Explain That

COLBERT: Worse yet… worse yet the leftie blogosphere has ridiculed Bill by pointing out that the moon causes the tides and that we’ve known that for centuries. Well it’s humble pie time, people who took ninth grade science.

Father O’Reilly, take ‘em to Sunday school.

O’REILLY: How’d the moon get here? Look, you pinheads who attacked me for this, you guys are just desperate. How’d the moon get here? How’d the sun get there? How’d it get there? Can you explain that to me? How come we have that and Mars doesn’t have it? (inaudible) How come? Why not? How’d it get here?

COLBERT: Boom! Take that gravity huggers!

Huh? How come we have the moon and Mars doesn’t? Except for the two that it has? How’d the sun get there? Where does it go at night? How’d the moon get there? Why does the cow jump over it? What time is it? How come I have two faucets?

Hot comes out of one; cold comes out of the other; never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that. You can’t explain that.

In fact, where does Bill O’Reilly come from? He’s on my TV, he’s off my TV. Then he’s back. Where’d he come from? Sometimes he’s on the radio and I’m watching him on the TIVO at the same time. You can’t explain that.

Source: videocafe.crooksandliars.com

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