As we look into the near future, who is best suited to lead us? Should we be following the skeptical scientists who don't believe anything that can't be proven? Or, do we follow the dogmatism of organized religion which is intolerant of any other religious ideas that don't square with their doctrine. Do we follow the skeptics or the intolerant? Must we choose?
I'm not dividing this baby up- cutting it into.
I'm going to saddle up both horses and risae them into the future. As we head to what might or might not be on the horizon for the Mayan calendar year of 2012, I want both camps to come together: work together. Science can tell us the HOW, but only religion call tell us the WHY.
Surely scientists can see that there is more to life than just discovering laws of quantum physics. Surely they see that we share this planet with one another in more than just a neuro-physiological epiphenomenon (a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside a primary phenomenon).
And hopefully the passionate adherents of the many diverse religions can agree to disagree. Mitt Romney addressed the religious intolerance issue just today. So what if the Mormons don't have the same beliefs as the Baptists who don't have the same beliefs of Catholics, and so on.
The dogmatic theology of many religions in the world today is shared by the dogmatic beliefs of many in the scientific community as well. And neither is serving us or the Creator very well at all. Don't you think it's about time that we all got together and professed our ignorance and prejudices, and vowed to remove them from our lives?
What a world that would be!
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