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In reply to the discussion: Carl Sagan the prophet. [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)25. It's not just science vs religion in the classical sense,...
....it's Reaganism which has become a belief system rivalling any religion. It's a religion that government is to blame for your misery. A religion that states that your boss would give you a raise if he could afford it but he can't because government is overtaxing him and forcing him to purchase expensive and unnecessary, often silly things to comply with liberal ideas of worker safety (assuming the worker is an idiot) or pollution requirements for things that don't pollute. It's a religion that says our greatest American President was a senile ex B movie actor who ate jelly beans. ("smart pills" as they were called at the time).
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Sagan is a prime example of the kind of mind and guiding philosophy we should have long ago
TheKentuckian
Sep 2012
#13
You are absolutely correct, and it just as absolutely not going to happen for many
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#71
One of my favorite books. The reason, though, that he was able to predict it so well is
NYC Liberal
Sep 2012
#19
There are a suprising number of people who believe swearing can cause a lightning strike.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2012
#27
I read that book on exiting the fundamentalist cult that I had been raised in
Schema Thing
Sep 2012
#44