02-05-2012, 05:19 AM
The truth is that science has disproved one interpretation of text, that is at best a summery of a far older text. That non-scholars decided to take as literal and accurate the lineage in the Bible, count it up, and assert that the earth started at that point is not surprising any more than it is inaccurate.
I have always found fear to be a poor basis for making decisions. I find it an equally dubious to decide if one should kowtow to a deity. There are more than enough examples that when people have what Bryant defined as a religious experience, it can cause a total and lasting change to the personality. This is a well documented fact by Jung and many others. On the other hand when one allows a religion to be the absolute arbitrator of behavior we have many bloody examples to show how that works as well. Obviously there is a positive outcome for individuals and society as a whole by not excluding the idea of spirituality as a valid aspect of our lives, at the same time there is also a cautionary tale for it's abuses. Science as currently practiced is not so far removed from religion as some would wish to believe, and as with religion it can be either a blessing or a bane.
Until recently science had ridiculed the idea of a historical Troy, right up until the time it was discovered. It would behoove both the scientist and the religionist to remember that neither side has a lock on the truth, and that pride goes before a fall.
I have always found fear to be a poor basis for making decisions. I find it an equally dubious to decide if one should kowtow to a deity. There are more than enough examples that when people have what Bryant defined as a religious experience, it can cause a total and lasting change to the personality. This is a well documented fact by Jung and many others. On the other hand when one allows a religion to be the absolute arbitrator of behavior we have many bloody examples to show how that works as well. Obviously there is a positive outcome for individuals and society as a whole by not excluding the idea of spirituality as a valid aspect of our lives, at the same time there is also a cautionary tale for it's abuses. Science as currently practiced is not so far removed from religion as some would wish to believe, and as with religion it can be either a blessing or a bane.
Until recently science had ridiculed the idea of a historical Troy, right up until the time it was discovered. It would behoove both the scientist and the religionist to remember that neither side has a lock on the truth, and that pride goes before a fall.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.