David Leonhardt: Climate Bill, Like The Country, Overcome By Heat And Inertia

A little perspective...

The actual change is about .13 deg C per decade, not enough difference for humans to feel. So when you're complaining that it's hot outside, remember it's summer. Don't act like you'll catch fire if you step out the front door. Yes, it's getting warmer, and there are climate changes, but freaking out about it won't make it any different. Constantly looking over our shoulders for melting terrain or fire from the sky is a miserable way to live. We should make a habit of naturally doing what we can for the environment and living our lives without constant fear.
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Are Science and Religion Compatible?

The only thing that makes science incompatible with religion is ego. Too many folks on both sides thinking their side holds all the answers and the only truth, and then trying to belittle anyone with an opposing view.



Neither side hold all the answers, and they weren't ever meant to. It's like thinking a study of journalism in school makes you a better mathematician. We have brains... we were meant to study and learn everything we can. We have hearts, too. We're meant to use them... to develop love, purpose, faith, and other things that are unavailable through other means.



If there is a God, and I believe there is, it makes sense that he would understand the laws of nature far better than we do. It's been said "The Glory of God is Intelligence." The Bible is not God's primer on science, it's a history of one portion of the human family and teachings they received on how to live, get along, and find meaning in life. Ancient man would never have understood things like quantum physics or even basics like evolution. When the need arose to tell them where we came from, it was done in a simple way they could grasp, creative periods in steps, beginning with basic elements and ending with what we now see. When you think about it, that's what evolution also teaches.



Let's drop the walls and shake hands. We're all in this together.
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Is There a God or Is There Nothingness? New Scientific Paradigm

I can see where you're coming from. My point is you can't prove there is no God, and I can't prove there is.... but so what! We all have a right to believe, or not, as we choose. There's no reason to battle over it or try to demean each other.



Quantum physics gives rise to some pretty mind-bending theories. If you had a mind like that, you might follow the pack or have your own take on things. If not you might shake your head and think they're nuts. It doesn't mean they are or aren't, nor does it give either side a reason to feel superior or act condescending.
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Is There a God or Is There Nothingness? New Scientific Paradigm

We're a society that likes "either" and "or." We have to boil everything down into simple terms so we can feel we're right and the other person is wrong. Then we apply that philosophy to things we don't understand, hoping to fill in the cracks later. But the great minds never discovered anything through blinders and colored lenses.



The universe is so vast and awe inspiring, and what we understand about it only proves how much more we don't understand. We can no more prove there's life out there somewhere than we can determine whether or not they're more advanced than we are. But we hope there's other beings, like us, somewhere. Isn't that like faith?



We argue about who's right, yet neither can prove it. And all we do is make the divide wider and walls higher. If I find more meaning in my life through faith and you don't, so what? It doesn't mean one's better than the other, or more intelligent. Nor does it give any of us a decent reason to verbally abuse each other. What's REALLY CRAZY isn't a belief or a person, it's how we treat each other over beliefs that can't be proven either way.
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Bob Bennett Predicts A Harry Reid Victory, Casts Doubt On GOP's Prospects In The West

Bennet always has someone to blame for his woes. His canned emails to his constituents are some of the most accusatory, nasty forms of passing the buck I've ever read.



Hey Bob, wanna know why I chose to never vote for you? It has nothing to do with tea parties, political games or other failed candidates. It's YOU! You don't listen to the folks who voted you in. You don't have the courtesy to acknowledge when they try to reach you, or even bother to set up an autoresponder with a fake howdy or thanks. You are deep inside the pockets of the lobbies and power brokers and have such little regard for citizens one wonders why you bother to show up for work at all. There's an opening for a greeter at Wally World, but then I wouldn't be able to shop there. That would mean supporting you more than we all will for the rest of your life, and all for nothing in return.
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Scientists Make Immune Cells In Mice That Fight Off HIV

I hate to be a stick in the mud, but every exciting advancement in HIV, and other diseases, is followed by a rush for publicity and donations, followed by..... silence. In 3 decades the best we can do is keep our loved ones alive by constantly taking toxic drugs that cost a fortune. It costs my son over $2000 a month and gradual damage to his liver. And if we can't afford it or get help, we start planning a funeral.



The same thing has happened with cancer and most of the other major diseases. The promises for more than 50 years that we're on the "verge of a cure." But if you get sick you find out all they have are long term treatments that get progressively more expensive.



As long as the drug companies are allowed to get rich making drugs that just keep us going, we will never see a cure for anything.
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Consciousness and the End of the War Between Science and Religion

You miss the point so easily, bud!



I am a devout Christian. I have never had a desire to dominate anyone or be dominated. Only want to live a decent life, enjoy my time, raise my family and maybe help someone along the way if I can. There are a lot of folks out there just like me!



Your accusations and overgeneralizations about people of faith are absurd and offensive. I tried to reason with you. Your answer revealed tunnel vision and unwillingness to see anything past your own colored lenses.



Granted, you've seen people who claim to be religious acting in vulgar and dangerous ways. They are not representative of all religious people. They're hypocrites who wouldn't know Christ if he sat down at their dinner table. They don't speak for me or any of the others I know.



We've also seen Atheists act out in some pretty offensive ways. Do they speak for you? Of course not! That's silly.



Whether or not a person believes in God is NOT A MARKER OF POSITIVE OR ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR! Mrs. O'Hare, while following an Atheist agenda, was also extremely adept at being caustic, mean spirited and angering even the closest associates to the point of violence against her and her family. Are all atheists like that? Don't many live quiet, unassuming lives as good neighbors and citizens?



What you choose to believe, or not, about a higher power has nothing to do with a "logical pathway... to evil acts."
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