... years (but had been a Reformed Jew long before that). He seemed very knowledgeable on the subject – which was really cool because the first thing that I noticed about the Synagogue was outside of the building. Before you enter the building, there is this seven-candle candlestand. It's called the seven-candle Menorah, and I thought it was a great starting point to describe some material culture. ... Michael told me that each candle represents one of the seven days it took God to create the world. When I walked ... inside of the building, I noticed a familiar looking hexagram. It's cal...

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... literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both." (Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark) Throughout the centuries, there has been a conflict to whether if science and religion can actually work together. If it ... was possible for science to be without religion, and religion to ever be without science. From the theory of evolution versus creation, which is the division of scientists who believe that...

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