I’m fairly positive that everyone who is reading this has become frustrated at times with the apparant inability a lot of people have reconciling hard facts with their steadfast belief system. A lot of people are brought up and taught the biblical creation story from Genesis and continue to hold these beliefs for the rest of their grown lives. The overwhelming evidence of the obvious facts never quite break through that.
Okay, people, I know it’s hard but, YOU’VE GOTTA STOP TRYING TO KILL SCIENCE SO YOU CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOUR BELIEFS!
Instead of asking “What would Jesus do?” people should be asking “What would Kepler do?”
Johannes Kepler was raised in an extremely superstitious time (1570-1630) and was, like most others, enamored with the idea of God’s perfect creation of the universe. He was obsessed with trying to make his beliefs fit into a scientific model. He wholeheartedly believed that God had designed and created the universe and orchestrated the solar system based on his perfect solids model. He tried for years to get his model to work based on current observations about the solar system and after failing was finally convinced that it was the accepted observations that were flawed and not his model. His belief system almost triumphed over science.
Where Kepler differs from the rest of today’s willfully ignorant is that, no matter how much it anguished him, he could not ultimately ignore measurable fact. No matter how much he really wanted his beliefs to be true, they simply were not and he knew it. After finally abandoning his notions about God’s perfect solids model for the solar system, Kepler was able to use the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe to come up with the three basic laws of planetary motion that is the basis of all we know about how planets move. It was even the base work that Isaac Newton used when building his three laws of motion and universal gravitation.
This little rant is more than just trying to suck Kepler’s dick though. It’s an example of the kind of scientific breakthroughs that can happen when the shackles of religious beliefs are not allowed to hinder critical thought and observation skills.
Alright I guess that’s about it.
Gettin back to work now.
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Normally when I'm reading other people's blog posts, my brain gets left in the dust. But this time, I completely understand and agree with what you said.
I'm sick of people arguing with me and then falling back onto the Bible and pretty much saying "God said it, it must be true, so HA!"
oh fuck, I've spilled spinach juice on my keyboard...
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