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LiberalAndProud

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24. Sagan said . . .

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:35 AM

Apr 2013

The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity. [Carl Sagan]

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Carl Sagan's foreboding [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 OP

Carl Sagan's foreboding Flashmann Apr 2013 #1

I miss Carl. mgc1961 Apr 2013 #2

Truer Words Are Seldom Writ cantbeserious Apr 2013 #3

Great person. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #4

key graf there JayhawkSD Apr 2013 #5

The bamboozle has captured us Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #6

Did he follow any John2 Apr 2013 #7

If I correctly recall, he was born into a Jewish home. mgc1961 Apr 2013 #8

eh? wot? Just which "Liberals" are you talking about? bread_and_roses Apr 2013 #11

Sagan said . . . LiberalAndProud Apr 2013 #24

True that. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #9

You know, I'm all for pot legalization, cilla4progress Apr 2013 #17

Sagan= a light in the dark. He was & still is a giver to all humankind!! <3 hue Apr 2013 #10

I had the very good fortune pangaia Apr 2013 #12

I read; greiner3 Apr 2013 #13

Professor Sagan titanicdave Apr 2013 #14

Prescient in every way... pink-o Apr 2013 #15

Either way it's all superstition and myth and wilfull ignorance cilla4progress Apr 2013 #19

Well, here we are! cilla4progress Apr 2013 #16

When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn? jpn.best Apr 2013 #18

Fabulous post. cilla4progress Apr 2013 #20

Boy, he got that right! ananda Apr 2013 #21

It's all happened as he feared it would through the stratification of society. He also said: freshwest Apr 2013 #22

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #23