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re: So Cosmos is more atheistic rant than actual cosmos?
Posted on 3/17/14 at 8:16 am to LasVegasTiger
Posted on 3/17/14 at 8:16 am to LasVegasTiger
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Everything I have read, clips of him, podcast, etc..he comes off as the exact opposite.
I have seen videos where he was asked directly if he was an atheist and he basically said that he doesn't consider himself anything like that. He isn't religious, but he just doesn't think about it. None of that matters to him. All he cares about is the advancement of science.
If anyone watched last night's episode and got offended from a religious perspective, it's because they choose not to believe in evolution. He did bring up a few topics that Intelligent Design proponents use as an argument against evolution, but it was needed. I have heard the argument that the eye is a clear indication of a designer too many times. The show shot that notion down with a very in depth and interesting segment. But he never said ID was a religious opinion or anything, just that ID was wrong. If anyone is offended by NdT looking in the camera and saying that evolution is a fact, then they just have their head in the sand.
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Posted on 3/17/14 at 8:44 am to DestrehanTiger
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If anyone is offended by NdT looking in the camera and saying that evolution is a fact, then they just have their head in the sand.
I find it hilarious, and quite sad, that it is being reported that several local stations across the south edited this part out of last nights episode
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Posted on 3/17/14 at 8:48 am to DestrehanTiger
Believe it or not, it wasn't the evolution comment.
In fact, I'm a Christian who 100 percent embraces evolution. I think evolution is God's tool to further species.
However, the show is trying WAY too hard to take subtle jabs at the beliefs of many people of faith, regardless of whether their beliefs are right or wrong.
If the show is about science and the cosmos, do not include religion bashing. It's just unnecessary.
MacFarlane has too much influence on this one. He's ruining what could be a great show.
In fact, I'm a Christian who 100 percent embraces evolution. I think evolution is God's tool to further species.
However, the show is trying WAY too hard to take subtle jabs at the beliefs of many people of faith, regardless of whether their beliefs are right or wrong.
If the show is about science and the cosmos, do not include religion bashing. It's just unnecessary.
MacFarlane has too much influence on this one. He's ruining what could be a great show.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 6:10 pm to DestrehanTiger
Before reading the rest of the thread, I'm going to post this:
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Rather than painting science and religion as diametrically opposed to each other, Tyson said that there are plenty of scientists who believe in God. “The issue there is not religion versus non-religion or religion versus science, the issue there is ideas that are different versus dogma," he observed.
He continued, “If you start using your scripture, your religious text as a source of your science, that’s where you run into problems, and there is no example of someone reading their scripture and saying ‘I have a prediction about the world that no one knows yet because this gave me insight.’”
“Enlightened religious people know this, and don’t try to use the Bible as a textbook,” he concluded.
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