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"Since the dawn of rational thought, the advancement of science has been retarded by the minions of mysticism, and profound revelations have often been opposed or suppressed by the greater part of the dominant religion, because dogmatic faith is not based on reason and zealots will not be reasoned with." AronRa
- January 28, 2012
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2. iNow
  
  or..."It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage
  
  January 29, 2012
3. iNow
  
  motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil — which is the view that religion has. The stage is too big for the drama. "
  
  January 29, 2012
4. Appolinaria
  
  Actually, if you do some research, you'll find that many of the men who laid the groundwork for science as we know it today were also deeply involved in mysticism. So that statement is arguably false.
  
  January 29, 2012
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