E.O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence, p. 183:<\/p>\n
“We are all free in a democracy to believe whatever we wish, so why call any opinion such as Creationism a virulent cultural parasite-equivalent? Because it represents a triumph of blind religious faith over carefully tested fact. It is not a conception of reality forged by evidence and logical judgment. Instead, it is part of the price of admission to a religious tribe. Faith is the evidence given of a person’s submission to a particular god, and even then not to the deity directly but to other humans who claim to represent the god.”<\/p>\n
The awful daring of a moment’s surrender which an age of prudence
\ncan never retract.
\nby this, and only this, we have existed.\u201d
\n\u2015 T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land<\/p>\n
Once upon a time you felt so fine
\nThrew the bums a dime in your prime
\nDidn’t you?
\n– Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone in 3\/4 time<\/p>\n
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
\nAll we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
\nDust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
\n– Kansas, Dust in the Wind<\/p>\n
TIMEX: It takes a lickin\u2019 and keeps on tickin\u2019. <\/p>\n
LED ZEPPELIN: And she\u2019s buying a stairway to heaven.<\/p>\n
JOHNNIE COCHRAN: If it doesn\u2019t fit, you must acquit. <\/p>\n
MOUNDS AND ALMOND JOY: Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut, Sometimes You Don\u2019t. <\/p>\n
GEORGE BUSH TO FEMA DIRECTOR MICHAEL BROWN: Brownie, you\u2019re doing a heck of a job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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