the evolving mind

I would describe the state of those who accept the Bible as containing literal truth as “massive ignorance.”

The above photo is of a centuries old cathedral in Sicily. The footer of the supporting granite columns sit upon bricks fashioned from stone rife with shells. Yes, shells in the stone.

I wonder: where in the Bible does it say that God created the lands and seas, waited awhile for the seas to become populated with marine life, then converted some of the dynamic sea fringes into rock-hard land?

It doesn’t.

Those who claim that religion helps us see the “big picture” are looking through the wrong end of a telescope. If anything, by allowing their thoughts to be shaped-by and even tethered-to an ancient understanding of a relatively limited world, they have distanced themselves from a newer, clearer view of the universe.

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