I think the Mayan 2012 thing is coincidental to the times. I don't believe that the world is coming to an end. Isn't it weird how many people want that to happen? It kinda freaks me out. I guess it's because there are so many who don't belong here. They aren't in their right place, in the place that is their home, that feels best to them. So many people don't remember how they got here or why they are here. I believe so totally and fiercely that we can remember who we are and where we have come from. I've remembered. I'm from here. But as I said, I've been sitting with my fears for 10 plus years now, and understand that moving them out makes a huge difference in how I perceive things around me, even myself.

And don't forget, I said I'm crazy, so no one should listen to me. :-)

Daisy, As to the god of the Bible I am an atheist and reject him out of hand. As for other possible gods I am agnostic.

I agree that science does not know everything. Science is just one way to ask about things and draw some informed conclusions. Threre should be no dogmas in science, but I admit some people are dogmatic about it. I guess it is fair to call me a faerie with a scientific bent since I hold no formal trainning in science.

Like Sagan I believe science can be one tool that humanity can use to help get us out of the mess we are all in. Scientists (those not in the pay of the polluters) have alerted us to the reality of climate change. Scientific studies of human sexuality lead to the removal of homosexuality as an illness. In the mid 1990's medical science developed some medicines that are keeping many of our friends with HIV alive. It was medical science that discoverd what AIDS was in the 1980's. Because of that people learned that something as simple as a condom could save lives. Without science we would not be aware that germs cause disease which was a discovery that lead to public sanitation.

Science has also been used for great evils like the work done by nazi doctors or development of the atomic bomb or scientists who use their trainning to show the Pentagon how to develop new ways to kill people. Science is a tool that can be used for good or for bad.