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    paulteagan     Tue, Jan 8, 2008  Permanent link
    I would hope that we never throw away God. I would, however, hope that, with the progressive understanding of the nature of the universe, our notion of God can be better understood. I personally can go all day explaining away in scientific terms everything that makes up my waking life, but my description would never be complete without ambiguous, seemingly nonsensical terms that do not point to any chemical reaction or potential energies, rather aimlessly addressing an infinitely large experience, an ethereal, romantic connection to something that is beyond eating, drinking, and having sex. Spirituality will survive and by that note, God will survive, in whatever form, because we all feel something that just doesn't go away when we rationalize it. Whether we want to perceive that something as a man with a big white beard, a formless energy saturating the universe, a blind spot in our knowledge, or whatever else, it will always be there. It would just be nice, though, if we carried around this perception without bastardizing it, evangelizing it, or otherwise interfering in other peoples lives because of it.
    sjef     Tue, Jan 8, 2008  Permanent link
    See Einsteins article on religion and science, I'm quite fond of his concept of 'cosmic religious feeling'.

    "The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image; so that there can be no church whose central teachings are based on it."

    "How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it."




     
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