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Just between you and me and anyone else who reads this: | |||
Science is my first Religion. | Science is my first Religion. | ||
My parents were both non-religious intellectuals who cherished reading; we had books in the house on science, technology, art, history, war and peace, cooking, herbalism | My parents were both non-religious intellectuals who cherished reading; we had books in the house on science, technology, art, history, war and peace, religions, philosophy, cooking, herbalism — all very eclectic. | ||
By age five, maybe six, I was confidently saying things like "E equals Em See Squared" and "matter can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted to energy and back again" and "Two plus two divided by two is *still two!*", etc. | By age five, maybe six, I was confidently saying things like "E equals Em See Squared" and "matter can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted to energy and back again" and "Two plus two divided by two is *still two!*", etc. | ||
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That is my bedrock, my foundational self, still informing my mind. Science; reason; rational thought: these are vessels which deliver my prayers, so to speak. | That is my bedrock, my foundational self, still informing my mind. Science; reason; rational thought: these are vessels which deliver my prayers, so to speak. | ||
Now, when I say that "the human condition is my religion," I am entirely sincere, and serious: this is no mere figure of speech. | Now, when I say that "[[the human condition]] is my religion," I am entirely sincere, and serious: this is no mere figure of speech. | ||
As I approach the age of sixty, while I have my health, I find my thoughts gradually turning from science, with its implicit determinism, towards the human condition, with its bewildering variety of uncertainty and contradiction. | As I approach the age of sixty, while I have my health, I find my thoughts gradually turning from science, with its implicit determinism, towards the human condition, with its bewildering variety of uncertainty and contradiction. | ||
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File:Do_You_Carry_Your_Gun_Into_Church_(tweet).png|link=Do You Carry Your Gun Into Church?|"'''[[Do You Carry Your Gun Into Church?]]'''" ('''DYCYGIC?''') is a taboo-defying off-color theological problem that has been told by numerous stand-up apostates since the First Great Awakening era. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Do You Carry Your Gun Into Church?]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[My Orbit]] | |||
* [[The Human Condition]] | |||
* [[The Human Condition 2]] | |||
* [[The Return of Christopher Hitchens Hypothesis]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ Comment] @ Facebook | * [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10225320815385979?comment_id=10225325645946740&reply_comment_id=10225326125158720 Comment] @ Facebook | ||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Essays | [[Category:Essays]] | ||
[[Category:Religion (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Science (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:57, 4 February 2023
"Science is my first religion" is a short essay by Karl Jones.
Science is my first religion
Just between you and me and anyone else who reads this:
Science is my first Religion.
My parents were both non-religious intellectuals who cherished reading; we had books in the house on science, technology, art, history, war and peace, religions, philosophy, cooking, herbalism — all very eclectic.
By age five, maybe six, I was confidently saying things like "E equals Em See Squared" and "matter can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted to energy and back again" and "Two plus two divided by two is *still two!*", etc.
That is my bedrock, my foundational self, still informing my mind. Science; reason; rational thought: these are vessels which deliver my prayers, so to speak.
Now, when I say that "the human condition is my religion," I am entirely sincere, and serious: this is no mere figure of speech.
As I approach the age of sixty, while I have my health, I find my thoughts gradually turning from science, with its implicit determinism, towards the human condition, with its bewildering variety of uncertainty and contradiction.
In the News
"Do You Carry Your Gun Into Church?" (DYCYGIC?) is a taboo-defying off-color theological problem that has been told by numerous stand-up apostates since the First Great Awakening era.
Fiction cross-reference
- Do You Carry Your Gun Into Church?
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- My Orbit
- The Human Condition
- The Human Condition 2
- The Return of Christopher Hitchens Hypothesis
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Comment @ Facebook