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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

endinequalitynow

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5. Sagan tried to deny a supernatural dimension, while defending religion.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 11:20 AM

Aug 2021

Sagan attempted to defend ritualistic religion, while claiming that the universe didn't need a supernatural being to function. He was attempting to bring religious people and atheists together. He was calling on the religious to also be rational.

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Carl Sagan on the Existence of God [View all] BootinUp Jul 2021 OP

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