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  1. “He described creationism, whose supporters want it taught in schools alongside evolution, as a “kind of paganism” because it harked back to the days of “nature gods” who were responsible for natural events.”

    Let me light some sage – I’ll put this idea into the smoke and tell you what I decide. But, the tickle in my ear already says that the Pope’s astronomer doesn’t know that a “Pagan” is no doubt a better astronomer than he even dreams of being.

    Hoosier Hound Mistress

  2. I love this guy. I love that he’s an astronomer not an astrologer (if only he’d been around for Copernicus and Galileo!), and then I love the way he thinks, and then I love that the story is in the Scotsman.

    Prairie Mary

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