How Religion Will Be Judged In The Future
Posted on | September 4, 2008 | No Comments
From today’s news, a quote regarding the uncertain path of Hurricane Hanna: “Hopefully the good Lord will bless us and this storm will skirt past, but we are ready in whatever case happens,” the North Charleston mayor said.
Here it is, 2008, and it is surreal that the vast majority of Americans believe in an invisible sky-fairy taking personal interest in their daily affairs. I am increasingly embarrassed for the human race.
What will they think of us in the future?
The ancient Greeks believed the world to be made up of air, fire, earth, and water. How do we feel about that today? We snicker to ourselves, wondering how anyone could believe such silliness. Of course, we have the benefit today of the periodic table of elements to know of the Greeks’ misguided theories.
Only a few centuries ago, phenomena such as lightning, earthquakes, and eclipses were attributed to otherworldly spirits. But science provided solid explanations for each and the superstitions surrounding them sloughed off into history.
Science continued its relentless course in providing rational, reliable theories to explain the physical world we live in, painting our old friend religion into a tight corner. Religious beliefs are as tenable today as tossing salt over one’s shoulder or using leeches.
Yet these goofy beliefs persist, despite their increasing uselessness.
I envision history students in 2200 learning about our era and shaking their heads at our intellectual deficit. Perhaps much in the same way we think of our forefathers believing that human slavery was acceptable, these future students will be asking themselves:
“What were they thinking?”
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