Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-04-22]: The discovery of gravitational waves from the Big Bang [1, 2] sent ripples of joy among atheists who rushed to share the news as if they shared the news of the end of religion. Theories based on axioms are used to interpret observations. In other words: Nothing to do with religion (either the philosophical system of religion, or the teaching og love of religion, or the religious experience aspect of religion). Science's greatest supporters are the ones who understand science the least. When predicion models become "gods", then you can know for sure that Philosophy is somewhere behind the corner smiling... When theories and axioms are considered more important than love and forgiveness, you can know for sure that Jesus Christ is just somewhere crying...
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