Whew! I am not smart enough to respond to this.

Except that yeah, I think it is a shame that many folks feel like science and spirituality are mutually exclusive. Personally I think that they operate within entirely different spheres of the human experience and (if one can think of some things as metaphor rather than literally) can coexist just fine. :D I mean, maybe in the end everything that we "know" (or think we know) is a metaphor within our consciousness anyway, so maybe it is really all the same....

Ok, now I am having an existential crisis. Time for shiny boots. :P

My cat is my shiny boots. Or I mean, hmmmm, I would not make poor kitty into a pair of shoes, even if I may threaten to sometimes when she is bad. XD Just that some kitty-snuggles and purr-pettings are nice for turning off the analytical part of the brain for a while and just relaxing with happy thoughts. :P

Hmmm, now I want to go have a beer and pet Ms Kitty. Talk to you later!