Marjorie Traitor Trash says that her religion is being mocked because of eclipse comments

[Caliman73]

58. No doubt. There are many brilliant people who are religious and spiritual.

Many scientific pioneers, Mendel, Copernicus, Newton, the man who postulated the Big Bang, etc... were religious to some degree.

I suppose I should have said, Fundamentalists rather than simply religious people. Though there is always some tension between religion and science because both are trying to describe the how and why of the world around us, many people can separate the natural world and the spiritual aspects. While I am not religious or spiritual, I understand that people are looking for deeper meanings beyond themselves and what we see in the world. When I was practicing Catholicism, it was difficult to follow all of the doctrine consistently. I saw it as my path to being a good person and to live within the world showing others the goodness of God. It was about me, moderating my behaviors and being an example to others, not about imposing my ideas on others.

When I hear people like Greene and other fundamentalists however, I see that it is usually about control. Controlling other people, or at minimum, having some kind of external control because they can't deal with the complexities of the world and can't moderate their own behavior in order to function as a social being in the world. Greene, in her personal life, has allegedly cheated on her now ex-husband multiple times. To me, her prior behavior and her current rigid stance on religion, signal a person who cannot internally control her own behaviors and so needs to impose some kind of external "punisher" being to keep herself and others in line. Relationships can be difficult and I try not to be a harsh judge on others, but if you are in a relationship and have made a commitment to be monogamous, then you either keep that commitment, or you tell your partner that you can't and you end the relationship. You don't need a god or religion to be a good person, to honor your commitments, or to not damage other people.