I am reading a book called The Physics of Immortality by Frank Tipler and came across this quote from famous Physicist Steven Weinberg. I wanted to see other people’s thoughts on this.

Religious liberals are in one sense even farther in spirit from scientists than are fundamentalists and other religious conservatives. At least the conservatives like the scientists tell you that they believe in what they believe in because it is true, rather than because it makes them good or happy. Many religious liberals today seem to think that different people can believe in different mutually exclusive things without any of them being wrong, as long as their beliefs ‘work for them.’ This one believe in… heaven and hell, [that one] believes in the extinction of the soul at death, but no one can be said to be wrong as long as everyone gets a satisfying spiritual, rush from what they believe… [W]e are surrounded by ‘piety without content.’… I happen to think that the religious conservatives are wrong in what they believe, but at least they have not forgotten what it means to really believe in something. The religious liberals seem to me to be not even wrong.

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Charles Krauthammer reflects. (more…)

Giant jellyfish invade the Sea of Japan. (more…)

One of the distinctive features of Mormonism is the doctrine of the diversity of perfections. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

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In case you forgot. (more…)

I must say, one rather tuned in to the Pioneer Day Commemoration with something of an expectation that the ceremonies would be, how should I put it, pioneerish. (more…)

It looks like the deposed president of Honduras was removed lawfully for violating his nation’s Constitution. (more…)

God’s purpose is to make us over in His image and exalt us to godhood. This truth of Mormon Christianity offends creedal Christians. Maybe even outrages them. (more…)

$23,148,855,308,184,500 for a pack of cigarettes. (more…)

Well, for intelligent laymen, anyway.

I consider anthropogenic global warming to be an interesting and plausible hypothesis. I consider it a hypothesis that is a long way from being proved.

I’m out in Texas this week. I was surprised to see that a little bit of the future had finally arrived. Jetpacks cannot be far behind. (more…)

Apparently while busy texting. (more…)