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by Carl Sagan

Throughout the past hundred years a number of philosophers and social scientists have asserted the disappearance of the sacred, and predicted the demise of religion. A study of the history of religions shows that religious forms change and that there has never been unanimity on the nature and expression of religion.

“I’d like to punch out that cocksure, know-it-all, holier-than-thou . . .” “Why, exactly, Ellie? Aren’t ignorance and error painful enough?” “Yes, if he’d shut up. But he’s corrupting millions.” “Sweetheart, he thinks the same about you.”

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.