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[kandrathe]

:D Well, you can learn alot from chicks and dogs.

As for dark matter, pulsars, and quantum moments -- I read that stuff too, and it is interesting and I think some of it is science and some of it is science doing a pretty good job speculating. Whether it is science speculation, ghosts in the castle or an anthropomorphic omnipotent, I try to keep an open mind. I decided along time ago that I wasn't the type of person to yank away anyones crutches, whatever they might be. If your belief system is based on faith in science to give you your answers, that is fine by me. Or, a person might believe that there is an anthropomorphic omnipotent and that is fine as well. If you are a good citizen, obey the laws, and try to earn your own keep thats the lower bar as I see it for what the society should expect from the individual.

For me, I place some importance in that each persons life has meaning, that they get some measure of happiness from it, and they contribute to the betterment of the planet and humanity for having been here. Without a clear road map to define ones life you could accomplish that by either tending the sick and poor in Calcutta for most of your life, or by trying to exterminate the Jews depending on what gives you joy, and seems right. How does a society keep clear that idea of "goodness" that we all take for granted? The past 100 years has seen the most wholesale slaughter of human life, based on some peoples interpretations of philosophy. I'm not so sure that having a clear road map for people, such as Christianity, is such a bad thing. Yeah, there is a lot of old baggage that comes along with it which needs to be tossed out once in awhile. Galileo was right, the Earth revolves around the Sun and is not the center of the Universe.

So maybe it would be better said, "We are all traveling on this road and get enlightenment", whether we seek it or not.