Rationality Tied To Moral Decency

Remember Always That We Are Pattern-seeking Primates Who Are Especially Adept At Finding Patterns With Emotional Meaning.

But There Is Only One Surefire Method Of Proper Pattern Recognition, And That Is Science.

Believing That The Rustle In The Grass Is A Dangerous Predator When It Is Only The Wind Does Not Cost Much, But Believing That A Dangerous Predator Is The Wind May Cost An Animal Its Life.

Myths Are About The Human Struggle To Deal With The Great Passages Of Time And Life--birth, Death, Marriage, The Transitions From Childhood To Adulthood To Old Age. They Meet A Need In The Psychological Or Spiritual Nature Of Humans That Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Science. To Try To Turn A Myth Into A Science, Or A Science Into A Myth, Is An Insult To Myths, An Insult To Religion, And An Insult To Science. In Attempting To Do This, Creationists Have Missed The Significance, Meaning, And Sublime Nature Of Myths. They Took A Beautiful Story Of Creation And Re-creation And Ruined It.

In The Long Run, It Is Better To Understand The Way The World Really Is Rather Than How We Would Like It To Be.