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Old April 1st 15, 01:22 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris L Peterson
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Default Science and Religious belief

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:09:35 -0700 (PDT), Uncarollo2
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Spirituality is specifically designed to be a personal journey, where as science and reason are meant to be journeys common to all. The consequences of confusing these two experiences (spirituality and reason) is the imposition of personal belief into public policy (Indiana legislating the right to discriminate against LGBT's) and the relegation of reason to become merely a personal choice (climate change denial, rejection of human evolution). We are losing both our moral compass and our ability to reason with one another. Our country, and the entire world is suffering profound consequences as a result of these fundamental mistakes.


I'm not sure we're losing our moral compass. At a national level,
we're losing our freedom, democratic operation, and wise government.
But at an individual level, I think people's moral development is at
an all time high, and improving all the time.

Our fundamental problem isn't with morality, but with the loss of
rationality.