Legendary astronaut John Glenn is clearly on an emotional
high way up there in space . His inspired words of religious
conviction will delight stubborn creationists everywhere. It
is almost obvious OUT THERE isn't it : a divine view presupposes
DIVINITY!
..." Looking at the earth from this vantage point, looking
at this kind of creation, and to not believe in God , to me, is
impossible ", said Glenn.
I have no doubt that Glenn's experience of the glorious
BIG PICTURE would be an epiphany for a hardened atheist.
But the emotional reinforcement of a religious conviction
does not add any intellectual depth to it .
What would Charles Darwin or Albert Einstein think if they
-by some " creationist " miracle - could accompany John Glenn
in his space ship.
No doubt starry eyed Carl Sagan would have been awe-struck
too by this highly privileged experience. But knowing Carl, we can
be sure that he would have said something like this : " Oh what
hydrogen atoms can do after twenty billion years of cosmic
evolution ! "
But nevertheless: HALLELUJAH !
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