"There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be random accidental by-products o...

Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.
~ Arthur C. Clarke ~












Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonst...
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