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Apr 30, 2007 at 10:55am
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Re: Re: The Ten Commandments
A Word From Carl Sagan 1934-1996

We have Ten Commandments in the West. Why is there no commandment exhorting us to learn? "Thou shalt understand the world. Figure things out." There's nothing like that. And very few religions exhort us to enhance our understanding of the natural world. I think it is striking how poorly religions, by and large, have accomodated to the astonishing truths that have ermged in the last few centuries.

Carl Sagan, "The Varieties of Scientific Experience" pp 217-218
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