If Spirituality Is The Sense Of Awe

Believers Can Have Both Religion And Science As Long As There Is No Attempt To Make A Non-a, To Make Reality Unreal, To Turn Naturalism Into Supernaturalism. (125)

Myths, Whether In Written Or Visual Form, Serve A Vital Role Of Asking Unanswerable Questions And Providing Unquestionable Answers. Most Of Us, Most Of The Time, Have A Low Tolerance For Ambiguity And Uncertainty. We Want To Reduce The Cognitive Dissonance Of Not Knowing By Filling The Gaps With Answers. Traditionally, Religious Myths Have Served That Role, But Today — The Age Of Science — Science Fiction Is Our Mythology.

...evolution Is Not A Religious Tenet, To Which One Swears Allegiance Or Belief As A Matter Of Faith.. It Is A Factual Reality Of The Empirical World. Just As One Would Not Say 'i Believe In Gravity," One Should Not Proclaim 'i Believe In Evolution.

The Whole Point Of Faith, In Fact, Is To Believe Regardless Of The Evidence, Which Is The Very Antithesis Of Science.

Anecdotal Thinking Comes Naturally; Science Requires Training.