Sunday morning my wife starts talking to me about the heavy storms in the South and the Cyclone in Burma. Not a word about the people, or any of the damage done. She starts going on about the bible talking about these kinds of storms. Of course it is easy to see that John the Divine predicted these storms as signs of the 'End Times'. Science has no ability to discuss or predict these events at all, science is just noise for the ignorant.
There is a line the 'devout' use about those who do not believe. They talk about the 'scales' that cover our eyes and keep us blind to the 'Truth' of the Christian bible. Then those of us with 'scales' sit around stumped wondering what it will take to remove the scales from their eyes so they can use their minds and understand what science can prove via empirical means.
In the end we are at loggerheads, both sides trying to enlighten, educate and win the other side. After all this time, all I want is to be left alone and treated with the same benign indifference I treat others with.
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