Directory Summary
In these
Adelphiasophism pages, AskWhy! supports a belief in
natural religion against the
invented patriarchal religions. The old natural religions
honoured Nature as a Goddess who acted as a
mother to everything. Patriarchal believers labelled it Paganism and drove it into extinction. Adelphiasophist NeoPaganism returns to the
principles of Nature religions without copying them.
Science is the method of discovering the
wisdom of the
Goddess Nature, and Adelphiasophism rejects putting the clock back to primitivism. Science has
upheld the principle of Nature as a
mother Goddess.
Patriarchal belief made humans
Lords over Nature, and set humanity
against Nature in an
immensely damaging battle. We live in the
womb of the Goddess, and
harm her at our own peril. We must not fight Nature but must
co-operate with her.
Symbiosis not warfare is
our salvation. Our bible is one sentence—
we must not offend the earth directly or indirectly.
The Wisdom of Carl
Science thrives on, indeed requires, the free exchange of ideas. Its values are antithetical to secrecy. Science holds to no special vantage points or privileged positions. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. Both demand adequate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty. Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being. If we are true to its values, it can tell us when we are being lied to. It provides a mid-course correction to our mistakes.
Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World (1996)
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