"I once was lost, but now am found.
Was blind but now I see..."
That verse from "Amazing Grace" would serve better as an illustration of one's liberation through science and understanding. Yet it is a proud proclamation of imagined enlightenment through a god.
AmazingGrey stands in support of reason, rational thinking, inquiry, science and atheism. For science, too far is never far enough, because we keep learning. But religion has gone far enough. It may serve one well enough if they need to use it as a security blanket, but it has never answered any real questions. We need to build a rational world that relies on science, understanding, and appreciation, not blind faith and ignorance.
We have brains — incredible, natural, data processing and control centers — we need to use them.
"I once was lost, but now am found.
Was blind but now I see..."
That verse from "Amazing Grace" would serve better as an illustration of one's liberation through science and understanding. Yet it is a proud proclamation of imagined enlightenme...