ΛορδΧηαος

…Well, that’s the end of the film. Now, here’s the meaning of life…Well, it’s nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations, and, finally, here are some completely gratuitous pictures of penises to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy…

- Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life”

A bacteria or a dog goes about its daily (or whatever passes for a day-cycle for a bacteria) business of searching for sustenance, ingesting them, and eliminating the resultant wastes (in the dog’s case occasionally re-ingesting them again ……(read more)

Einstein once said “Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind.” (”Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium”, 1941) This particular quote has been used and abused on countless occasions by various people to supposedly illustrate why Einstein thought religion (and hence organized religion, hence God, their God) is important, leading to various arguments such as “Science is useless without God”, or the timeless “Science only answers How; Religion answers Why.”

The fact is that Einstein was not talking about any organized religion; he was really talking about a spiritual awe of the universe, and a sort of higher sense of purpose (hence the “lame” bit). He also said at various times that he did not believe in a Christian God or in an organized religion. In any case, despite his achievements, Einstein really was just a man with his own beliefs and philosophies ……(read more)