– or – Why you never heard one damn thing about evolution in school I don’t know if it’s just because it’s a favorite subject of mine (it is), or that I’m just easily seduced into sticking up for it (I know …), but the muse need hardly apply, when tangling with an otherwise…
When it comes to competing with religious belief, atheism would appear to have a problem filling out the dance card for hopes and dreams. Or coming up with answers to the perceived purposeless, and meaningless emptiness, of the philosophy. At least, according to religious minds. Those needing a God and an afterlife to add…
“Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing – the rest is mere sheep-herding.” – Ezra Pound In reprising this subject, I’d like to once again point out, that this is not especially intended for those who grew up in a secular environment. Who were never dragged-off to Church services…
It’s not at all uncommon to encounter any number of agnostic non-believers (no, really – there are such folks), apparently up on all the science, but who are still unable – in good conscience – to tic that last box as confirmed atheists. Who default to an almost truculent allusion to that old ‘God of the…
Though this bit of prose reads more like poetry, those who can recognize and internalize its message, will have gained a surprisingly concise tool. One that speaks to and answers any number of religious, and religious/political, conflations – in understanding their overweening need to be right.
Now that Kate Kelly and the Ordain Women’s movement have, for the most part, concluded their high-profile run at the LDS religious oligarchy – having managed to momentarily make direct and predictably mortal contact with the corporation’s particularly low-hanging, power-ceiling fan – we’ve all had a chance to reflect on what any of it…
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