Some things are for thinking. Others are for feeling. Science is a thinking thing. Religion is a feeling thing. Certainly, you wouldn't want your doctor wasting your time and money and their energy "feeling" about your diagnosis, but thinking objectively and rationally about it. So also, religious conservatives should not be wasting taxpayer dollars and school children's precious educational years making arguments against teaching science that are based on emotion rather than logic. Furthermore, while discussions of abortion, gay marriage, and immigration reform certainly have room for some feeling in the dialogues, the fact is there ought to be far more rational thinking happening both among the citizenry and politicians.
Love and compassion, sadness, even anger when necessary, should consume our feelings, not "feelings" about evolution or the age of Earth or the origin and fate of the universe. Likewise, when it comes to social issues, feelings of callousness, ignorance, racism, sexism, and (or perhaps in sum) hate should be set aside in favor of empathy to injustices and rational, clear-headed thinking about reform.
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