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Ancient Wisdom and Pagan Spirituality

orangecrush

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11. All of that is quite interesting and true

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 9, 2017, 08:24 AM

Oct 2017

I am a believer in science, and despise the promotion of ignorance to serve the interests of rulers.

Climate change denial being a case in point.

How do we define the human sense of wonder and curiosity that makes us want to explore and understand our world, rather than remain stuck in the comfort zone of willful ignorance?

When I watch a beautiful sunset, I know those beautiful colors are just the suns rays refraction in the atmosphere.

Why, then, since the dawn of time, are we so moved by natural beauty?

Remove the mystery from the universe, and what reason would there be to explore?

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It did, but "science" meant something radically different back then compared to nowadays. DetlefK Oct 2017 #10

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