The Vatican's official astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, says something I'm glad was said:
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Brother Consolmagno, who works in a Vatican observatory in Arizona and as curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Italy, said a "destructive myth" had developed in modern society that religion and science were competing ideologies...Am I allowed to say "Amen" to that?
"Knowledge is dangerous, but so is ignorance. That's why science and religion need to talk to each other," he said.
"Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it's turning God into a nature god. And science needs religion in order to have a conscience, to know that, just because something is possible, it may not be a good thing to do."
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- 20 Jul 2021, 14:00I think I should wait until I have something better to brag about.
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(No kidding, I considered having the only text be "I"...) - 8 Apr 2021, 09:35The nice thing there is that you can do at least 4 more "shortest entry ever" posts!
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Not sure, but now I'm wondering if "Eureka" and "Hallelujiah" can be swapped one for the other...