Science is now in the process of destroying religious dogma. The dogma of the divine creation is recognized as absurd. With each new discovery of chemistry, physics, biology, the anthropological sciences, of the practical application of sound principles, dogma collapses. It is a part of that old edifice of religion which crumbles and falls in ruins. The faculty by which man is differentiated from the lower animals is his reasoning power. But the devout believer renounces reason, refuses to explain the things which surround him, the innumerable natural phenomena, because his religious faith is enough for him. The brain loses the habit of thinking; and this religious sottishness hurls mankind back into animalism.
The rapacious property-owning American [...] admits no limits, possesses no scruples and does not share the fears and the cowardice of our bourgeoisie. [They are] violent, absolute criminal. When they feel the need, they simply stain their hands with proletarian blood. They lack any human sense. They are only interested in exploitation. We want an extraordinary heavy taxation, with a progressive character, on capital, that will represent an authentic partial expropriation of all wealth; seizures of all assets of religious congregations and suppression of all the ecclesiastic [...] revenues, in what constitutes an enormous deficit of the nation and a privilege for a minority; revisions of all contracts made by the war ministers and seizure of 85% of all war profits.
To-day we can affirm that the capitalistic method of production is out of date. So is the doctrine of laissez-faire, the theoretical basis of capitalism… To-day we are taking a new and decisive step in the path of revolution. A revolution, in order to be great, must be a social revolution. Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give [advice]. We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
Marx was the greatest of all theorists of socialism. [Marx] had a profound critical intelligence and was in some sense even a prophet.
Just kidding. It wasn't Antifa. It was Benito Mussolini.
Again, the idea that science and religion are mutually exclusive is absurd and completely counter to the truth. Look up James M. Tour and listen to THE LEADING organic chemist on the planet explain how life is an impossibility and that the popular belief that life spawned from some organic stew with a few electric charges is terrible science propagated by bullshit sources. He breaks everything down including why the claim that given enough time it is bound to happen is also completely incorrect and how time is actually a hindrance to the formation of life. This guy is the most credentialed and respected scientist in his field and he is a staunch believer BECAUSE of science not in spite of it.
Then ask yourself about Galileo and who was actually funding him in the first place? Who in that day and age was actually financing people to understand the motions of the stars and planets? You may have guessed that it was the church, and you’d be right. The fallout with Galileo was purely political because he had bad mouthed the pope and refused to apologize making them lose face. They asked him to provide the raw data for his research and he refused because he was an obstinate man (Johannes Kepler then stepped in and smoothed everything over showing them that Galileo was right. They then proceeded to place him on house arrest in a villa filled with all of his equipment and he continued his research to his heart’s content)
Then remember that the term “Big Bang” was originally a slur against the idea because it was considered ridiculous at the time mostly because it sounded suspiciously like a creator birthing the universe. Remember that this universe is held together by an unimaginable amount of universal constants that are so fine tuned even the slightest alteration would result in the complete destruction of the universe. This is explained away by the idea of infinite universes so one of them was bound to be set to the correct settings. The problem with this is THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE for infinite universes but it’s theoretically convenient so once again it’s promulgated by the masses.
Popular wisdom is, indeed, VERY popular but it is not wise at all.
Edit: God made man capable of understanding the universe around him and thus understanding God. People seem to think that the more we learn the more religion is “disproved” but so far the complete opposite seems to be the case.
Go read the books of Rodney Stark, a history professor who is not a Christian. Most of what people have been told about science/religion is historically inaccurate; he quotes from both primary sources and history professors at top Universities.
Incidentally, the House Arrest of Galileo, was treating him with kid gloves, compared to what many people got for pissing off the authorities.
I will, thanks!
I agree. Intelligent designer. The system, no matter where you look in the visible universe, is all the same. Galaxy, star system, atmospheres, it's the same system everywhere.