<OT> <TID> Re: Noteworthy News Item

[Joel Hammer]

Reading Will Durant's big multivolume history, he spends a lot of time
(about two volumes) on the Age of Voltaire and Rousseau and Revolution.
There was no shortage of French intellectuals who distained religion,
and worked hard to undermine it and make humanism (whatever that
is) the center of intellectual life. In the end, they got the French
Revolution AND religion. Not much of an improvement. The bottom line was,
and remains, logic and freedom of thought alone just don't provide most
people with enough reason to live and propagate. So, as he aptly summed
up, we die at the top but breed from the bottom. Basic Darwinism explains
how religion has survived despite centuries of attempts by educated
people to eradicate it. The educated elites always die out, from lack
of hope if nothing else.

Joel



On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 11:34:22AM -0500, Michael Hipp wrote:
> On Monday 24 June 2002 10:50 am, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > The Scientific-Method is an important guideline, but through logical
> > analysis is reduced to "a good method to approach learning", not the
> > answers to all questions.  To think otherwise would be ludicrous since it
> > one would have to then assume that all that can be known is observable in
> > a measureable fashion.  The very existence of a Living God, who chose NOT
> > to be manipulated would disruptall attempts at measurement for may
> > things. This is why there are still "Wonders Of The World".  While we
> > attempt to sweep any religeous possibilities under the carpet, we end up
> > doing a great deal of damage to the world, both for those who do not
> > believe in a supreme being as well as those who do.
> 
> Well said.
> 
> In fact, that's a pretty good synopsis of the Sunday School lesson I taught 
> to the adult class 4 weeks entitled: "False Gods of the 21st Century - 
> Science."
> 
> The nrxt week was: "False Gods of the 21st Century - Democracy."
> 
> Michael
> 
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