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Carl Sagan quote

Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 7:19 pm
by Stevyn
"If we were to accept the literal truth of religious books that describe the origin of the universe, how could we reconcile the data? The only plausible conclusion, I think, is that God recently made all the photons of light arriving on the Earth in such a coherent format as to mislead generations of astronomers into the misapprehension that there are such things as galaxies and quasars, and intentionally driving them to the spurious conclusion that the Universe is vast and old. This is such a malevolent theology I still have difficulty believing that anyone, no matter how devoted to the divine inspiration of any religious book, could seriously entertain it."
~ Carl Sagan; Pale Blue Dot