Archive for July 28th, 2008
The Simple Life
Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 10:55 am
One of the thing that scares me the most about religious fundamentalism is that ignorance is not only tolerated but encouraged. The message is to stop thinking and just believe. Reason, logic, and critical thinking are discouraged, even considered a sin in some cases.
Never is this “tune in and turn off” message more clearly stated than on the back of a t-shirt I saw some teenager wearing about a year or so ago:
The Simple Life: eat, sleep, pray.
Now this is actually considered virtuous by these people. In this equation there is no thinking, no discovering the world around us, no attempt to learn how the world really works. There is no attempt to realize our place on the planet, the solar system, and the galaxy.
This mantra is isolationist, disassociating the adherent …read more »
