Neal Stephenson Quote
Is this part of your church thing? he asks. Juanita has been using herexcess money to start her own branch of the Catholic church -- she considersherself a missionary to the intelligent atheists of the world.Don't be condescending, she says. That's exactly the attitude I'm fighting.Religion is not for simpletons.Sorry. This is unfair, you know -- you can read every expression on my face,and I'm looking at you through a fucking blizzard.It's definitely related to religion, she says. But this is so complex, andyour background in that area is so deficient, I don't know where to begin.Hey, I went to church every week in high school. I sang in the choir.I know. That's exactly the problem. Ninety-nine percent of everything thatgoes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actualreligion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they concludethat the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism isconnected with being intelligent in people's minds.So none of that stuff I learned in church has anything to do with what you'retalking about?Juanita thinks for a while, eyeing him. Then she pulls a hypercard out of herpocket. Here. Take this.
Is this part of your church thing? he asks. Juanita has been using herexcess money to start her own branch of the Catholic church -- she considersherself a missionary to the intelligent atheists of the world.Don't be condescending, she says. That's exactly the attitude I'm fighting.Religion is not for simpletons.Sorry. This is unfair, you know -- you can read every expression on my face,and I'm looking at you through a fucking blizzard.It's definitely related to religion, she says. But this is so complex, andyour background in that area is so deficient, I don't know where to begin.Hey, I went to church every week in high school. I sang in the choir.I know. That's exactly the problem. Ninety-nine percent of everything thatgoes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actualreligion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they concludethat the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism isconnected with being intelligent in people's minds.So none of that stuff I learned in church has anything to do with what you'retalking about?Juanita thinks for a while, eyeing him. Then she pulls a hypercard out of herpocket. Here. Take this.