“Then,” said Virginia, “he would add, ‘So the dawn is a woman.’”
I said one might worship an image of a god, but if he kept his mind upon the vast divine unity he would not be an idol worshiper.
“But,” objected Henry, “if he did it long enough, he would become an idol worshiper.”
“He might,” I said, “but he need not.”
Now we came to the question of science. What has religion to do with science?
Alfred said science led in the same direction, was looking for the same thing.
Henry said science was supposed to be in opposition to religion, because it destroyed her creeds.
That, I answered him, seemed to me a good thing.
Virginia said she thought religion and science were almost the same. She meant that her scientific knowledge of the universe led her to her religious convictions.
Florence said she thought science and religion were altogether separate, had nothing to do with each other.