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Neil de Grasse Tyson tweeted yesterday: The next time anybody asks me about my religion, I think I\u2019ll reply \u201cGeek Orthodox.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The next time anybody asks me about my religion, I think I\u2019ll reply \u201cGeek Orthodox\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It isn\u2019t what Tyson has in mind, but I could totally see calling my Sunday school class, or a group that met in the evenings to discuss the intersection of science fiction and religion, \u201cThe Geek Orthodox Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus it is a great pun.<\/p>\n

I wonder how many people could fit under this umbrella? I wonder whether Tyson, with his views, could feel welcome at the kind of discussion gathering I\u2019m envisaging.<\/p>\n

And I wonder\u00a0not only how many new people might attend my Sunday school class if I named it this, but how many people might leave it. Alas, the geek umbrella is not so large that everyone feels comfortable gathering underneath it.<\/p>\n

\"sciencelastsupper\"<\/p>\n

The picture comes from the blog Popped Culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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