8:56 pm - 03/07/2012
Miley Cyrus, who recently transformed from a mildly irritating tween megastar to that liberal arts student in your freshman dorm with this poster on her wall, came under fire earlier this week for tweeting a photo that contained this quote, from physicist Lawrence Krauss:
“You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, all the things that matter for evolution) weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in stars. So forget Jesus. Stars died so you can live.”
Unsurprisingly, some of Cyrus’ more devout Christian followers took offense to the “forget Jesus” segment of the quote, and took up verbal arms against the 19-year-old. “Forget that Jesus?” inquired one follower, before adding a simple, but profound, “:/”. Other followers told Cyrus to go to hell, bemoaning the apparent loss of her trademark Southern Baptist beliefs.
But Cyrus, who has also advocated for gay marriage rights, is taking the backlash in stride. “How can people take the love out of science and bring hate into religion so easily?” she tweeted last Tuesday, before following up with a quote from another physicist, Albert Einstein. “Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”
So basically, much like bazillions of other people throughout the entirety of human existence, Miley Cyrus is questioning the religious doctrine she was raised with and attempting to form her own opinions. Only she’s expressing them on Twitter. Kids these days, right?
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Miley Encourages Thoughtful Discussion; People Bitch
Miley Cyrus, who recently transformed from a mildly irritating tween megastar to that liberal arts student in your freshman dorm with this poster on her wall, came under fire earlier this week for tweeting a photo that contained this quote, from physicist Lawrence Krauss:
“You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, all the things that matter for evolution) weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in stars. So forget Jesus. Stars died so you can live.”
Unsurprisingly, some of Cyrus’ more devout Christian followers took offense to the “forget Jesus” segment of the quote, and took up verbal arms against the 19-year-old. “Forget that Jesus?” inquired one follower, before adding a simple, but profound, “:/”. Other followers told Cyrus to go to hell, bemoaning the apparent loss of her trademark Southern Baptist beliefs.
But Cyrus, who has also advocated for gay marriage rights, is taking the backlash in stride. “How can people take the love out of science and bring hate into religion so easily?” she tweeted last Tuesday, before following up with a quote from another physicist, Albert Einstein. “Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”
So basically, much like bazillions of other people throughout the entirety of human existence, Miley Cyrus is questioning the religious doctrine she was raised with and attempting to form her own opinions. Only she’s expressing them on Twitter. Kids these days, right?
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It makes me sad to think the world is this way. Like Einstein says "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
How can people take the love out of science and bring hate into religion so easily?
I feel like she is still a person who is religious but more spiritual instead now and not as indoctrinated as she was before. It's just a natural progression as you get older imo, to question the things you were taught to believe when you were a child.
People have got to remember that she's entitled to feel and think and believe in what she wants to.
Each person has a different relationship and outlook on God/Religion, and they go through stages of that walk.
It sucks because I'm sure there are people out there that are now thinking "Miley agree's with me, I have new respect for her." When for all we know, her feelings towards christianity are the same. Then again it goes the other way, there are now people out there saying she's in the wrong or going to hell or all sorts of other things, and that judgement is just as wrong as what they're insisting she did. It's a very heavy thin line and I for one feel sorry for her right now.
No one should have their faith or their beliefs judged and thrown against them.
Her walk with God is hers, it belongs to her alone.
It's such a shame that she is being victimised for something she probably had no intention of doing.
smh
that is a perfect quote, that's how i see it. Miley really need to stop taking everything so seriously... for real
Really? I didn't notice any transformation.
lmao.
But really, people need to leave Miley alone. Every little thing she says gets turned in to soe huge drama. Let the girl have her opinions and believes.