Daily Archives: June 9, 2012

US: Why atheists are angry, part CXXIII

Rear spoon bent by Uri Geller. Front spoon bent by JESUS.

Rear spoon bent by Uri Geller. Front spoon bent by JESUS.

Because some of the people who should be fighting hardest for their cause are full of wiffle.

No, most scientists are not interested in taking on any of the mighty cornerstones of Christianity. They complain about irrational thinking, they despise creationist “science,” they roll their eyes over America’s infatuation with astrology, telekinesis, spoon bending, reincarnation, and UFOs, but toward the bulk of the magic acts that have won the imprimatur of inclusion in the Bible, they are tolerant, respectful, big of tent.

via Edge: MY GOD PROBLEM By Natalie Angier.

Read the whole thing: it’s magnificent.

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