It is far more arrogant to profess intuitive knowledge of the sacred than scientific knowledge of the tangible. - James Morrow

The real reason Charles Darwin distresses people, I would argue, is not that he stumbled on an argument against theism. No, the problem was that he replaced theism—replaced it with a construct more beautiful and majestic than any account of the Supreme Being outside the Book of Job, a construct that invites us to see every variety of life, from aphids to archbishops, zygotes to zoologists, as vibrant threads in an epic tapestry, its warp and woof stretching across the eons and back to the Precambrian ooze, the seminal sea-vents, the primordial clay-pits, or wherever it all began. An astonishing construct, a mind-boggling construct, a construct of which Jehovah is understandably and insanely jealous.

“Ah, yes, the spiritual realm.” In those days “spiritual” was my least favorite word. It still is.

I'm really interested in this stuff." Julie rubbed a carton labeled ELEMENTARY PARTICLES.
"Physics?"
"Physics, biology, stars, everything." Howard said, "Good for you. These days most people prefer to impoverish their minds with mysticism.