Monday, September 15, 2008

 

Thought of the Day

If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.

Stephen Jay Gould

(h/t Charles Johnson)

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# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:10 AM
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Of which [irrationalism] irrational religion is certainly a part. Dr. Gould, you left us all too soon.

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# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 9:48 AM
 
Agreed. After he died there was no reason to get Natural History anymore. Religion is not necessarily irrational--it just deals with a very difficult subject.
# posted by Blogger Roger Fraley : 9:19 PM
 
Nothing wrong w/ religion per se.
Irrational religion, however, is always a source of tsurris.

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# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11:09 AM
 
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