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Monday, July 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Religion is poetry

The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse.
By Steve Paulson

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  • Monday, July 21, 2008 08:53 AM

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    I don't believe in a supreme being, I love (and teach) science, am totally awed by the biosphere and its innumerable interlinkages, yet at the back of my mind, I can't quite shake the idea that we are more than our physical selves.

    Maybe you've heard the phrase "more than the sum of its parts". There is more to us than our physical parts. A brain combined with a pair of eyes are worth a lot more than the two separate values simply added together.

    Semantic Games, part two:

    Obviously, the 'atheists' who want to do away with God want to keep their 'Awe'. So the God they have abolished is more than just another name for the majesty of creation

    Oh, come on now. "God" does not mean "majesty of creation", it means "supernatural being who watches us and wants us to live a certain way". No one prays to "majesty", because it lacks ears to hear.

    —Notorious P.A.T. Read Notorious P.A.T.'s other letters

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