(October 10, 2013 at 11:12 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I guess I put faith in our resident theists that they have some ounce of rational thought to their beliefs - that they aren't just nilly willy believing just 'cause - and I was hoping to understand these thought processes behind their view of a particular fragment of reality. But it seems like I'll just have to accept disappointment.
And they have the guts to carry on preaching, as if they are perfectly rational in all they believe
Much smarter men than they have tried and failed to explain it.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
