Homeschooling

Put a Little Science in Your Life

By BRIAN GREENE
Published: June 1, 2008

A COUPLE of years ago I received a letter from an American soldier in Iraq. The letter began by saying that, as we’ve all become painfully aware, serving on the front lines is physically exhausting and emotionally debilitating. But the reason for his writing was to tell me that in that hostile and lonely environment, a book I’d written had become a kind of lifeline. As the book is about science — one that traces physicists’ search for nature’s deepest laws — the soldier’s letter might strike you as, well, odd.

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I liked this article- it is rare to read something in the main stream press that doesn’t promote sense of well being and life fulfillment that does NOT come from religion.
The article states the science can logic and reason can give you comfort. There is no need to look for “higher power” to feel like your life has meaning and value.

The homeschool community is often divided along religious lines. You get almost opposite groups within in the same group- if that makes sense. On one side is right wing christian/ Creation Scientists and the other atheists/pagans and free thinkers. The rarely seem to get along if the email lists and message board I frequent are any kind of barometer.

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