tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321821.post7087926204639412825..comments2023-12-13T04:18:15.075-08:00Comments on Blue Cat Blog: A religious basis for secular doubtRuss Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15431389045571531450noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321821.post-56909522943047284472008-11-03T09:52:00.000-08:002008-11-03T09:52:00.000-08:00Russ -I think many religious leaders have made pea...Russ -<BR/><BR/>I think many religious leaders have made peace with Science in approximately this fashion.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I think our specialized society does not require *anyone* to be responsible for much of *anything*, leaving each of us with a huge opportunity to hold totally unrealistic opinions about just about anything. <BR/><BR/>We must only be good (or maybe mediocre, or maybe downright weak) at what we do for our "living" (which often includes some form of a dole), and need not know or respond to much of anything else. <BR/><BR/> This is the minimum price for survival in our society. It is not a very high price, and it does not require much of us, and in general it does not obtain much from us.<BR/><BR/>So while religious leaders who truly want to fulfill their biblical imperatives might want to promote science in support of that, those who simply want to "lead", need not. <BR/><BR/>I don't see much practice in true "leadership" these days... but then maybe because we don't have much practice in "followership" either. <BR/><BR/>We ask nothing of our leaders except to pose on television and provide us with sound bites that we can mouth over and over (in praise or in derision).<BR/><BR/>This moment the last gang of crooks and losers has brought us to might actually demand more of us than that, if we haven't forgotten how to be good "followers" and in some cases "leaders" as well.<BR/><BR/>- SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com