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- From: jpalmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John D Palmer)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Unbe Awakens
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.222559.23102@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:25:59 GMT
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- Hmmm, I'll grant you this, but the whole statement 'science will FLOURISH
- and religion will DWINDLE' seems to imply 'science gets stronger (AS IT
- SHOULD!!!!!!!!!!) and religion not only loses some of what it covers, it
- SHRINKS WEAKENS DECAYS AT LAST WE ARE FREEE OF THAT HORRID OPPRESSIVE FORCE!'
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- (I'm sorry, Unbeliever, I don't mean to be mocking, I'm deliberately inflating
- your wordws, not to attack you but to make my point clearer. ie, I'm no longer
- quoting you, I'm taking an idea you mentioend to an illogical extreme.)
-
- One thing that drove this home to me was seeing a painting by Rockwell Kent
- titled 'To The Stars'. It was beautiful, and don't ask me why. . . and dont'
- ask a scientist why, either! It just won't work. . . WHY it's beautiful. . .
- well, that's outside the realm of logic or science. . . it MAY be in the realm
- of 'religion', depending on your view of religion. . . likely Bill will jump in
- with a plug for aesthetics and philosophy, however. . . sigh.
-
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- Hmmm. I think, as humanity gets wise, both religion (what *I* call
- religion, which is not what most people call religion) and science will
- flourish, but we will finally learn what each one has as a proper place in
- life.
-
- John
- "Anyway, that's why I objected. . . the word dwindle. . . "
- --
- "Love is cool; I mean, like, really cool. Like, the coolest thing in
- the universe, where, like, people open up inside and show the world how
- they feel, and they ain't afraid someone's gonna laugh because they, like,
- love themselves already!" --Personality 42, a generic 60's philosopher
-