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So if your religion believes there is a Dyson DC50 way up in the sky that invented the earth in 16 days and thinks you have to scratch your butt for 5 minutes a day to worship him/her/it, I’m all for it. Just don’t pass any rules saying my kid has to scratch his butt at school for five minutes a day.[/quote]
Scratching your butt for 5 minutes is small price to pay if it insures you against being sucked in by the almighty Dyson DC50. And it feels good once you master the technique.
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Imo, as long as life and death exist, the search for immortality will continue. Personally, I think the scientific and spiritual premises of this quest are quite compatible. More so than one might think.[/quote]
Those religions that believe in a supreme being are at odds with science, IMO. It is only in the last ten years or so that I have heard Christians start adopting some of the scientific constructs and proposing that they aren’t at odds. Christianity is morphing, as it always has done and always will do.
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All those times when science trumped religion, and religion has yet to trump science once.
Although we all think differently, it’s good to see that everyone here feels strongly about what they believe or don’t believe. Imo, it’s great that we all have that choice, which, in many places around the world, is not the case.
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