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preeminence_

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Nov 13, 2006 03:26

I had a number of conversations - with different people - this weekend about the alleged intersections (and resulting incongruities) between science and religion. I noticed a ( number of things. )

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preeminence_ November 13 2006, 19:24:10 UTC

Augh! Popular culture! I am incapacitated!

lovelight15 November 27 2006, 06:07:33 UTC

-Not all atheists say “there is no god” that’s strong atheism, there’s also weak atheism which says “I don’t believe in any god ( ... )

preeminence_ November 27 2006, 06:36:33 UTC

Religion does not halt progress anymore than the poetry of Tennyson halts progress. They are both abstract ideas. People halt progress for a variety of reasons. Some of them use religion. Others use environmental, ethical, or economic reasons. I know several very religious people, myself included, who are actively, er, "progressing." I also know several atheists who oppose finding new hardware and software to automate menial tasks because it will cost them their job ( ... )

lovelight15 December 23 2006, 05:42:52 UTC

I'm terribly sorry that it's taken me so long to respond, but better late than never I suppose ( ... )