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Originally Posted by Craig
I agree that superstition is a waste of time and resources and can actually be dangerous in the wrong circumstances. I also recognize that there is an almost universal need for people to eternalize their moral code. I guess I don't have enough "faith" in the masses, but maybe it's a good thing that many of them live in fear of a superior being. I'm fairly comfortable with the status quo, as long as the people elected to high offices of major nations are only pretending to believe in magic. Is that too cynical?
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I don't think that's cynical, just realistic. However, I wouldn't limit the necessary group of non-believers to just politicians. I've mentioned this before on here and I don't want to belabor the point, but a few years ago at an 'academic' session at the Colorado School of Mines, I was astounded to discover that a professor was involved in promoting the belief to Mines' students that the earth was only 8000 yrs old. When one of the premier engineering schools in the country has a pretty well supported effort to spread superstition amongst its students, there is reason to be concerned about the extent to which such nonsense will have an effect on the country.