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Old September 14th 18, 08:43 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default Neil DeGrasse Tyson headed down same loony road as Carl Sagan?

I don't feel sorry for theorists as they are perfectly content in their convictions however people of simple faith may be taken in by the projection of pseudo-authority and find themselves in an uncomfortable position of supporting something they are not sure of. Denominational Christianity doesn't help as they have fashioned religion via the Bible as a monolithic work despite the fact that the Bible is a work covering dozens of traditions and most individual works, including what is called the NT, are at complete variance with each other.

The Bible sets off Christ against each of these traditions by allowing the older or less relevant traditions to have their say and that is unique by any measure. The empiricists here have merely done what the Church did after it jettisoned its scientific heritage when a Sun centered system emerged, they create a narrative from beginning to end to suit themselves and their followers and while that would be okay for a certain section of people, the more creative and productive person recognises faith as the ability to be inspired and in turn inspiring. It is why Galileo said you can teach a person anything, you can make them feel excited, satisfied, curious in different measures when it comes to astronomy -

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.” ― Galileo

The Church may have unwittingly created science vs religion, faith vs fact, truth vs myth and consequently these unfortunates who follow that precept but people who can be inspired (spirit) become confident people who have no fear dealing with the Bible as a work with lots of different perspectives but with vibrancy at its core.

This is why I get so much done astronomically, creation looks so much better when you become encompassed in the Infinite and Eternal.