A guy with a Jesus Fish adornment on his car cut me off the other day. I always wondered about the Jesus Fish and what kind of "witnessing" the bearers of said mark are attempting to accomplish. Seeing a Jesus Fish on some jerks car is about as likely to get me to give my life to Christ as a Vote for Jimmy Buffet bumper sticker is going to coerce me into changing my decision at the polls.
This weekend began a family debate with no end concerning Honus Wagner's contribution to the sport of baseball. He is unequivocally considered to be the best short stop of all time, by baseball writers whose grandparents never even saw the guy play. His numbers are daunting and it is strange that no player has eclipsed his milestones for over 100 years.
The status of the man had me wondering about the state of evolution and where we as a species are headed. Psychoactive drugs have led New Agers to believe that 95% of children exhibit this aura. The credulous feelings I encounter when thinking about such a situation overwhelm my rationale. Are we pursuing science in an effort to gain insight to truth, or do we use what little we know to puff ourselves up as being greater than the random place we fill on our little planet?
Will science ever be as well understood among a majority of people as the religion and fiction with which we preoccupy most of our time?
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i was on jury duty last week, and by far the least forgiving and least reasonable juror was the one who blabbed on and on about her religious beliefs. even had her phone ringtone set to play a hyme, and let the whole song play so we could all enjoy it. i'm ignoring the last 3 paragraphs of your post because right now i am so stuck on the idea that major jerks use religion as a cover. slap a jesus fish on your car, set a hymn as your phone's ringtone, and it doesn't matter what you DO--just what you say you believe.
i spelled hymn wrong. what an embarrassment.
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