Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Carl Sagan Quote Worth Consideration!

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Carl Sagan sure seemed almost prophetic. The Bible did point it out first however.

“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when the Unites States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World (via ncarinae)
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    The Bible did point it out first however.

    I would love to see which passage you think says that America will become a service and information economy with all her key manufacturing industries exported to other countries.

    More likely, your critical faculties have declined to the point where you can read anything into anything.

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  2. mmcelhaneyNovember 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    I'm amazed about how wooden literal your "faculties" are.

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  3. mmcelhaneyNovember 23, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Why didn't you think this part coincides with Bible passages: "when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.” and key in on the specific application to America?

    You claim to know the Bible....you must obviously know what passages I refer to

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  4. AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    you must obviously know what passages I refer to

    I have my suspicions, but I'd like you to commit so we can dissect exactly how easy it is to read anything into loose language.

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  5. mmcelhaneyNovember 23, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    I wonder if you even agree with Carl Sagan's description, Ryan? In case you do, my challenge is at http://mmcelhaney.blogspot.com/2011/11/bring-it-does-bible-describe-current.html

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