[ExI] Religious Idiocy Triumphs Over Science Yet Again

[John Clark]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:21 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

​> ​
> You are certainly right that most educated people do not have a high
> religious sense.  All I am saying is that it is not incompatible.
>

​The only way the two can coexist in the​

​same ​
​mind is if they are kept in strict airtight compartments so that the
religious ideas and the intelligent ideas never have any contact with each
other. Thus for 6 days a week the intelligent geologist deduces that the
area above the layer of 359 million year old microfossils and below the
layer of 299
million year old microfossils
​ would be a good place to drill for oil, and then on Sunday sings the
praises of God and a 6 thousand year old Earth.

  John k Clark ​








> For years I have wondered about Wm F Buckley, and how such a smart man can
> be a Roman Catholic.
>
> However:  I saw what breaking from the church (Methodist) did to my family
> and me, and it is not unlikely that some people stay in the church and avow
> religiosity just to avoid family difficulties.  I still don't think that
> ALL  intelligent people are nonreligious at their core.
>
> Personally I think old Ben was as atheist as they come.
>
> bill w
>
>
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