Misty, then amber gold
We enjoyed another amazing day of contrasting weather. Watched a David Attenborough program about amber, its origins, and how incredible a tool it can be in reconstructing environments from 10 to 140 million years ago, based on what's trapped within its golden body. There was a sensationalist nod to Jurassic Park, cloning dinosaurs from mosquitos trapped in amber, blah blah, but primarily it was a fascinating glimpse into a branch of biology that's getting attacked by religious fanatics, which was not mentioned. Those folks who believe the planet is only 6,000 years old, and that fossils were planted by Satan to throw them off the holy trail.
Religion is a disease sometimes, when it's used as a bludgeon and not like, oh, those Amish families have been doing lately.
Religion is a disease sometimes, when it's used as a bludgeon and not like, oh, those Amish families have been doing lately.
posted by isabelita at 3:01 PM
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Isa,
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Religion is a disease sometimes, when it's used as a bludgeon"
Most certainly. Religion is also a gate keeper for inclusion and exclusion. It workes effectively to keep the desirables in and the undesirables out. That's why they build fences around compounds containing radicals like Jones and Koresh?
'spike, have you heard of Richard Dawkins, who speaks emphatically against the irrationality of religion? You can sample him at scienceblogs.com/pharangula/
Frankly, I am in agreement with Dawkins. Why do people have to manufacture some irrational invisible being as a creator, when examining and trying to puzzle out what's right in front of us is so elegant and beautiful?
I wonder the same thing myself. We are surrounded by so many beautiful things, both seen and unseen (like air, which is also a treasure), not to mention things outside our planetary sphere which are equally beautiful and amazing.
I have never felt the overwhelming need to "figure it out" or more importantly, to place a "creator" outside of it all.
This is why I cringe when someone claims some divine inspiration to run for political office, or start a war. How insane! Equally true are frivolous prayers. Especially prayers before a sporting event, as if that would matter in the least bit to a God.
Kona, I completely reject any supernatural explanations for any thing. but I am curious about, oh, say, how our genes work, or the geology of mountains. I do love reading scientists forays into the universe.
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