Happy Ramadan everybody! Also happy launch day of SPHEREx, the new near infrared telescope. Religion and science are not in conflict. Science asks “how”, but religion asks “why”. Religion and religion however are frequently in conflict, as everyone’s answer to the second question turns out to be different and those who give the wrong answer clearly have to be corrected.
https://mega.nz/file/8jsTDC7S#RtlU-T__ryu3akgoR43_WHPDg7LgwnplnnrPhTFBEYk
And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, poor people. There are people who have to sell their body parts to survive. This is despite Jesus coming and saving us all.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgy8p3pe71o
The solution to poverty is to tax the rich. I define “rich” to be anyone earning significantly more than a Professor’s salary. In the meantime, if you are poor, rest assured that the Invisible Magic Friend is well aware of you suffering and will do something about it, one day.
https://mega.nz/file/d7EFQYqb#sjNKi2RS8HJudnFcaxadjAk5XV9E8wCLTDTfuDUOSl0
Hope is fragile. For some, religion brings hope. For most, it is in their relationships with family and friends.
https://mega.nz/file/t6M2iBZT#P5TCQ15IVo9rS3IajgFxwF2K82ruJK0OQovRUy_E1oY
It’s eighty years since the Yalta conference that laid out the post war new world order. Churchill said that the Great Powers must serve the world, rather than rule it. That’s exactly what Jesus said. No doubt that famous Christian, Donald Trump, will be paying attention.
https://mega.nz/file/U7NUSCab#9TTUaV-vXCR0nWO_aJg82gNjQOL1GsCZC2eCYRBj4yg
Platitude of the Day 