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Quotes from Science and Spirit interview — Ursula Goodenough

born 1943 United States

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The good stuff of most religions turns out to be a golden rule that defines a morality which allows humans to flourish in community.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

I don't have any problem accessing experiences of unity. I feel completely part of the universe and all that's going on.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

I like the Buddhist concept of beginning-less-ness, that the universe has always been going on.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

The impetus to figure out what's going on is still very much programmed into our highly complex brains.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

The big bang is obviously one form of beginning, but the big bang in itself is unimaginable.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

One can start from the perspective of a religious naturalist or from the perspective of the world religions and arrive at the same place: a moral imperative that this Earth and its creatures be respected and cherished.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

All life has a kind of seamlessness. All creatures have to be aware of their environment, and there has been an evolution of the capacities needed for detecting increasingly complex stimuli.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

That view is almost like homophobia — it's not open and pluralistic. I'm much more interested in helping people engage in this story of evolution. If they do that with theistic language, that's great.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

After that fundamental acceptance, I can live my life to minimize suffering and promote as much as good as I can, and try through whatever work I do to help others.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

Perhaps we should all settle down and think about what's good in the world and what we want to do here. If we find this planet and its history and its story to be sacred, let's preserve and nourish it, and then we can go home at night and say whatever prayers we choose.

Science and Spirit interview (2004)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ursula Goodenough (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.