
Super moon?

As long as
counter-
intuitive
is a thing,
common
sense
isn’t a thing.
If you make
a garden
snake proof, then,
when a snake
does get in
it can’t get
out again.
If you make
your brain to
resist mad
ideas,
then when the
madness does
get in, it
will stay there
forever.
2. Sites/places are sometimes described as “sacred” or “holy” – there is no such thing as a sacred site or a holy place, just sites and places that have been labelled as such by someone. Can you name a real holy site?
3. There is no such thing as blasphemy – how can you offend someone/something who is imaginary?
4. “Thoughts and prayers” is a tautology. Do you think so?
5. “Spiritual” would only be a real thing if “spirit” was a real thing. Neither is real. Gove a spirited reply.
6. “Soul-searching” is an imaginary quest. Do you have a map?
7. “Original sin” might be a thing if there had been a first man and woman. And if they had committed a “sin”. And if sin was encoded in DNA. And if “sin” was a real thing. Otherwise not. Your discussion must be original.
8. If you think “After Life” is a real thing, why not a “Before Life”?
9. Why would you think someone knows “what god thinks”? How would that work? [see “thoughts and prayers” above].
10. Even if you think a “god” “caused” the “Big Bang” how would that relate in any way, 13.8 billion years later, to what the leaders, and written archives, of your particular cult say about what that god is [see “supernatural” above].
11. You don’t – “pass on” “pass away” “rest in peace” “get reunited” “go to a better place” – you just die. Write an obituary with that in mind.
12. Being described as a “person of faith” is an insult not a compliment. Do you have faith that is not true?
Religious belief is not a substitute for Science
Personal anecdote is not a substitute for Science
Wishful thinking is not a substitute for Science
Political ideology is not a substitute for Science
Television opinion is not a substitute for Science
Corporate greed is not a substitute for Science
What your Uncle said is not a substitute for Science
Patriotic desire is not a substitute for Science
Only more Science is a substitute for Science
In some parallel
universe my
university
career began
sixty years ago.
In the real world
it was only just
the day before
yesterday.
Anxiety
will cunningly
disguise itself
with the symptoms
of heart disease
and the cancers
playing hide and
seek with your mind.
The confidence with
which some people tell
me what their silent
and invisible
imaginary
friend is thinking and
demanding of them
is always stunning.
A strong belief in
Homeopathy
would not survive an
attempt to treat a
severe case of Gout
in a Big Toe joint.
Science is a
religious
antiseptic.
It needs widely
applying all
over the world.