Quotes

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread. Anatole France

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home. John Stuart Mill

If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go to war. Senator Bernie Sanders

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. Anne Lamott

Nye v. Ham: What Is ‘Science’? , ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=61773 You can probably guess where I stand on the question of creation versus evolution, so I won't go there with this post. Rather, I have one observation based on an exchange that happens a bit later on in the debate. It's this: if you have a belief in anything that nothing could or would cause you to change, then your belief is based on faith, not science. It really doesn't matter what the topic is. If someone asks you, What would change your mind?" and you say, "Nothing," then if you're teaching that belief, you should not be teaching it in a science class. To science belongs the class of beliefs that can be changed by evidence; that's what 'science' means.  Comment: http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=61773 Direct Link: http://etcjournal.com/2014/02/08/nye-v-ham-what-is-science/

for small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love Carl Sagan

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: god will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. Deitrich Bonhoeffer