Greg Salmela
Apr 26, 2022

Only a particular kind of religion needs to discredit science. Fundamentalist religion, which takes scripture as absolute literal truth.

I know plenty of spiritual people that embrace honest intellectual inquiry and welcome scientific insight without their faith being threatened – because their faith is inspired by self inquiry, learning and growth, not the literal, dogmatic interpretation of the word of god that fundamentalists feel everyone must heed.

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Greg Salmela
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