[MD] Journey to the Stars

[MarshaV]

Yesterday I spent a wonderful day at the Museum of Natural History 
with my daughter and three grandchildren.  One of the programs we saw 
was Journey to the Stars at the Hayden Planetarium.  It was 
wonderful, really wonderful!  But...  The program was narrated by 
Whoopi Goldberg and presented in a very authoritative manner.  There 
was much talk of the Big Bang and Supernovas, and no hint that it was 
anything but Truth.  I waited for some sense that the concepts 
contained some speculation, but no, all was presented as fact.  At 
one point towards the end of the show, Whoopi presented the 
question:  "And how do we know this is true?"  Her answer was pinned 
to "Because Science has discovered..."  She might have well of said, 
"Because God says so and it is written in the bible."

So what do you think?  Is Science the up and coming newest 
religion?  And since the U.S. Defense Department funds so much 
science, maybe the Secretary of Defense is the new deity?


Marsha








"Compassion diminishes fright about your own pain and increases inner 
strength." ~His Holiness, the Dalai Lama