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Bretton Garcia

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15. We might thank the pope for embracing science; combatting climate change

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #13)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:56 PM

Sep 2019

But at the same time worry about the constant sins and evils in religion, and the church. Which always threaten to undo any isolated good things.

And we note that it is science that is good here; and that religion is only good when it gracefully gives way to science.

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The Wisdom of Ram Dass Is Now Online: Stream 150 of His Enlightened Spiritual Talks as Free Podcasts [View all] littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 OP

I went to one of his talks when I was in college dawg day Sep 2019 #1

Thanks! Newest Reality Sep 2019 #2

Namaste! 😍❤ littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #3

My new copy of Be Here Now will be here today or tomorrow. marble falls Sep 2019 #4

Awesome! ❤ littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #5

Shouldn't it be there now? Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #9

It should be but that's neither here nor now. marble falls Sep 2019 #11

I got his buddy Tim Leary to lecture at my college Bretton Garcia Sep 2019 #6

Very cool! Where were you? littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #8

Even deeper yet... Newest Reality Sep 2019 #12

I studied many things in college, including religion Bretton Garcia Sep 2019 #14

Recommended. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #7

You recommend it without even knowing what he said? trotsky Sep 2019 #10

Did you condemn what the Pope said about climate chamge? eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #13

We might thank the pope for embracing science; combatting climate change Bretton Garcia Sep 2019 #15

Yes, we might thank the Pope. eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #18

The pope is a hypocrite. trotsky Sep 2019 #16

In a truly ironic twist, guillaumeb Sep 2019 #19

Umm, not sure how to explain this to you... trotsky Sep 2019 #20

Hippie found God in a mushroom patch. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #17