“[I suppose the reason] we all jumped at the Origin [Origin of Species] was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores.” |
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. |
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. |
Today the god hypothesis has ceased to be scientifically tenable ... and its abandonment often brings a deep sense of relief. Many people assert that this abandonment of the god hypothesis means the abandonment of all religion and all moral sanctions. This is simply not true. But it does mean, once our relief at jettisoning an outdated piece of ideological furniture is over, that we must construct some thing to take its place. |
We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out. |