"That is what religion promises: not a purpose, necessarily, but something that removes the paradox of an entirely law-governed world, open to consciousness, that is nevertheless without an explanation: that just is, for no reason at all."
This is a good reminder that while science may give us the causes of so many things about ourselves and our world, it can never give us reason. Science, which is what is used by most Atheists to belie religion, will not allow you to question anything further than that thing's cause. Religion attempts to provide reason, whether the particular religion is right or wrong is irrelevant, in a very clever way:
"...people are satisfied that they understand the world and know its meaning when they can see it as the outward form of another 'I' - the 'I' of God, in which we all stand judged, and from which love and freedom flow."
He also says that atheists see all faiths as being in the condition of Islam today: rooted in dogmas that cannot be safely questioned. Do you guys think most "nonbelievers" see religion that way?
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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"People have turned away from organised religion, as they have turned away from organised everything else." Perfect. I love The Scrut.
ReplyDeleteI would say most take a laissez faire approach to other's beliefs, as we have discussed. I'm too tired to think any more about this than that. I tried though.
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