According to many students, writers and observers of the Christian Religion in particular there is evidence of fear in the face of cultures that are questioning religions of all kinds. Christians are not alone in feeling the acids of secular and materialistic forces now ascendant in apparent world cultures.
So why bring trouble on ourselves? Why avoid the challenges and give in to visceral attempts to enervate the religious impulse? Why not use the challenges to grow this religion. I am in favor of religious knowledge coupled with realism about global trends. We have been created with minds that are to be put to work for the uplifting of the human experiment. At least that is my belief.
I am sympathetic with the scientific perspective which appears to say that only that which can be measured and objectified is genuine. Experimentation using hypotheses is one way of looking at all things. My argument with the scientific community is the apparent fundamentalism of many spokespersons in that no other options are even possible. It is the same mindset that is often present in religious traditions when fundamentalism takes over.
The human mind is capable of dealing with threats to a sense of meaning in human life. All of life appears to be an affirmation of meaning in the universe. Are not both religion and science necessary for keeping balance?
Earlier I mentioned the "human experiment". Surely there is no assurance that humans will be around forever. It is not all that long ago that humans appeared on planet earth. Millions of years are involved in various experiments that likely go on for billions of years. We humans do not even know how to count time when it gets beyond our methods of remembering and recording.
Leave a note if this triggers other thoughts.
Delton
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