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To Recognize That Nature Has Neither A Preference For Our Species Nor A Bias Against It Takes Only A Little Courage.

... We In The Usa Have Been Depending On Prayers, Pleading, And Self-abasement To A Deity To Bring Us Magical Advantages, And Have Been Encouraged To Attribute Our Prosperity And General Success Among Nations, To That Sort Of Action. In My Opinion, Hard Work And Dedication To Logic And Reason Ought To Be Recognized As The Reasons For Our Achievements, Not Appeals To A Mythical Friend-in-the-sky. We Got Where We Are In Spite Of, Not Because Of, Those Incantations.

The Only Difference Is That Religion Is Much Better Organized And Has Been Around Much Longer, But It's The Same Story With Different Characters And Different Costumes.

Nostradamus Himself Confessed That The Vague Manner In Which He Wrote His "prophecies" Was So That 'they Could Not Possibly Be Understood Until They Were Interpreted After The Event And By It.'